Udal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Udal \U"dal\, a.
     Allodial; -- a term used in Finland, Shetland, and Orkney.
     See {Allodial}. --Burrill.
     [1913 Webster] Udaler

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Udal \U"dal\ ([=u]"dal), n. & a. Udalborn \U"dal*born`\, Udaler
  \U"dal*er\, Udalman \U"dal*man\, etc.[Icel. [=o][eth]al
     allodium, an hereditary estate; akin to Sw. odal allodial,
     Dan. odel.]
     Vars. of {Odal}, etc.; property held by udal, or allodial,
     right -- Obs. exc. in Shetland and the Orkney Islands, where
     udal designates a freehold, land held in fee simple without
     any charter and free of any feudal character.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]