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  • ALLODARII
    Owners of allodial lands. Owners of estates as large as a subject may have. Co. Litt. 1; Bac. Abr. "Tenure," A.
  • ALLODIAL
    Free; not holden of any lord or superior; owned without obligation of vassalage or fealty; the opposite of feudal. Barker v. Dayton, 28 Wis. 384; Wallace v. Harmstad, 44 Pa. 499.
  • ALLODIUM
    Land held absolutely in one's own right, and not of any lord or superior; land not subject to feudal duties or burdens. An estate held by absolute ownership, without recognizing any superior to whom any duty is due on account thereof. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 1(5. McCartee v. Orphan Asylum, More...
  • ALLOGRAPH
    A document not written by any of the parties thereto; opposed to autograph.
  • ALLONGE
    When the indorsements on a bill or note have filled all the blank space. It is customary to annex a strip of paper, called an "allonge" to receive the further indorsements. Fountain v. Bookstaver, 141 111. 401, 31 N. E. 17; Haug v. RUey, 101 Ga. 372, 29 S. E. More...
  • ALLOT
    To apportion, distribute; to divide property previously held in common among those entitled, assigning to each his ratable portion, to be held in severalty; to set apart specific property, a share of a fund, etc., to a distinct party. Glenn v. Glenn, 41 Ala. 582; Fort v. Allen, 110 N. More...
  • ALLOTMENT
    Partition, apportionment, division; the distribution of land under an inclosure act, or shares in a public undertaking or corporation. —Allotment note. In English law. A writing by a seaman, whereby he makes an assignment of part of his wages in favor of his wife, father or mother, grandfather or grandmother, More...
  • ALLOTTEE
    One to whom an allotment is made, who receives a ratable share under an allotment; a person to whom land under an inclosure act or shares in a public undertaking are allotted.
  • ALLOW
    To grant, approve, or permit; as to allow an appeal or a marriage; to allow an account. Also to give a fit portion out of a larger property or fund. Thurman v. Adams. 82 Miss. 204, 33 South. 914: Chamberlain v. Putnam, 10 S. D. 360, 73 N. W. 201; More...
  • ALLOWANCE
    A deduction, an average payment, a portion assigned or allowed; the act of allowing. —Allowance pendente lite. In the English chancery division, where property which forms the subject of proceedings is more than sufficient to answer all claims in the proceedings, the court may allow to the parties interested the More...
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