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383:, before it became part of the feudal system. Land that was originally held in common by the whole community was transferred to a single individual. The freemen of the Germanic peoples divided or drew lots for the land in the countries they had conquered and taken possession of. This gave rise to the essential character of the allodial estate: a freely-owned property allocated and guaranteed by the will of the whole people or by the people's law ( 319: 43: 406:, because they participated alongside them as members of the territorial assembly and were not their vassals. The freedoms associated with allodial estates (tax exemption, hunting rights, etc.) were only exercised by the nobility in most states – even if, after 1500, they had to subordinate themselves increasingly to the 293:. Ownership of enfranchised fiefs continued to be limited, however, to the rights of the former feudatories. Only the overall suzerainty of the feudal lord over the estate was repealed, while the rights of the feudatory remained unaffected. Such an enfranchised fief became analogous to entailment ( 216:
This form of ownership meant that the landowner owed no feudal duties to any other person. An allod could be inherited freely according to the usual law of the land. To begin with, the income from allodial estates was not even liable for taxes paid to any other sovereigns, including the
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An allodial estate could also be created when a lord renounced his rights in favour of his vassal. Deforested land was considered allodial by the princes. Conversely, free territorial lords were sometimes punished by the Emperor by converting their allodial land into fiefs.
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The differences between the two forms of medieval ownership – the fief and the allod – diminished over time. Firstly, vassals were no longer required to render services from the 17th century at the latest, and vassals’ rights of
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and the concept of sovereignty: "holders of allodial land are sovereign" because allodial land is by nature free, hereditary, inherited from their forefathers, sovereign and held by the grace of God.
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Historically holders of allods are a type of sovereign. Allodial land is described as territory or a state where the holder asserted right to the land by the grace of God and the sun.
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For this reason they were historically equal to other princes regardless of the size of their territory or the title they used. This definition is confirmed by the acclaimed jurist
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was ended in 1789 by the stroke of the pen under the Revolutionary legislature, in Germany it was not until the mid-20th century that feudal law was formally abolished in 1947 by
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In many regions only allodiaries were counted as freemen, i.e., those who enjoyed all common, public rights and duties. They served as territorial assemblymen (
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5th edition, Rohrer, Vienna, 1965 (Unamended reprographic copy of the 5th edition: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1984,
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was finally gradually abolished in most European countries largely due to the Napoleonic wars and the influence of the
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Land und Herrschaft. Grundfragen der territorialen Verfassungsgeschichte Österreichs im Mittelalter.
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were able to force freemen in the 16th century to make regular tax payments. In the 19th century,
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The conversion of a fief into a freehold – a familiar process in the 19th century – is called
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The term ‘allod’ occurs only in the Franconian region and those territories influenced
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law. In most of Scotland, the feudal system was abolished in the early 21st century;
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over which the allodial landowner (allodiary) had full ownership and right of
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became much stronger in the early modern period, and, secondly, the
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sprang over time. They saw themselves as equal partners of the
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in 1066, there were no more allods in England at all (though
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The allod as a form of ownership was established among the
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The Clans, Septs & Regiments of the Scottish Highlands
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allodial tenure still exists in Shetland and Orkney
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