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ALLEGED

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Stated; recited; claimed; asserted; charged. … [Read more...]

ALLODIAL

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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. … [Read more...]

ALMESFEOH

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In Saxon law. Alms fee; alms money. Otherwise called "Peterpence." Cowell. … [Read more...]

ALLEGIANCE

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By allegiance Is meant the obligation of fidelity and obedience which the individual owes to the government under which he lives, or to his sovereign in return for the protection he receives. It may be an absolute and permanent obligation, or it may be a qualified and temporary one. The citizen or subject owes an absolute and permanent allegiance to his government or sovereign, … [Read more...]

ALLODIUM

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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. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition estates. Signifies an absolute estate of inheritance, in coutradistinction to a feud. 2. In this … [Read more...]

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