Allodium

Japanese: allodium
Allodium

…In Old Norse, óðal, in Anglo-Saxon, êðel. The Old Germanic peoples were independent, each of whose owners settled and defended themselves, and originally all the houses and cultivated land thus used, owned, and defended was an odal (Latin allodium). Eventually, due to family divisions, a relative shortage of land, and sales, odal ownership became limited to the upper classes of society, and was distinguished from tenant farmers and peasants who bought their land. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "allodium" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…古北欧語でóðal,アングロ・サクソン語ではêðel。古ゲルマン人は,それぞれの経営主体が独立して定住し,みずから防衛をも行い,本来はこのようにして用益・所有・防衛されるすべての屋敷・耕地がオーダルだった(ラテン語のアロディウムallodium)。やがて家族の分裂,相対的土地不足,売買などにより,オーダル所有は社会上層に限定され,借地農や買った土地をもつ農民と区別されるようになる。…

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