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udal


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Odal  \O"dal\,  n.  [Cf.  Icel.  [=e]?al,  Dan.  odel  allodial,  Sw 
  odal.]  (Law) 
  Among  the  early  and  medieval  Teutonic  peoples,  esp. 
  Scandinavians,  the  heritable  land  held  by  the  various  odalmen 
  constituting  a  family  or  kindred  of  freeborn  tribesmen;  also 
  the  ownership  of  such  land.  The  odal  was  subject  only  to 
  certain  rights  of  the  family  or  kindred  in  restricting  the 
  freedom  of  transfer  or  sale  and  giving  certain  rights  of 
  redemption  in  case  of  change  of  ownership  by  inheritance, 
  etc.,  and  perhaps  to  other  rights  of  the  kindred  or  the 
  tribe.  Survivals  of  the  early  odal  estates  and  tenure  exist 
  in  Orkney  and  Shetland,  where  it  is  usually  called  by  the 
  variant  form  {udal}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Udal  \U"dal\,  n.  &  a.  Udalborn  \U"dal*born`\,  Udaler  \U"dal*er\, 
  Udalman  \U"dal*man\,  etc 
  Vars.  of  {Odal},  etc  Obs.  exc.  in  Shetland  and  the  Orkney 
  Islands,  where  udal  designates  land  held  in  fee  simple 
  without  any  charter  and  free  of  any  feudal  character. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Udal  \U"dal\  ([=u]"dal),  n.  [Icel.  [=o][eth]al  allodium,  an 
  hereditary  estate;  akin  to  Sw  odal  allodial,  Dan.  odel.] 
  In  Shetland  and  Orkney  a  freehold;  property  held  by  udal,  or 
  allodial,  right 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Udal  \U"dal\,  a. 
  Allodial;  --  a  term  used  in  Finland,  Shetland,  and  Orkney 
  See  {Allodial}.  --Burrill.