DE ALODE PARENTUM

de alode parentum (dee al-[schwa]-dee p[schwa]-ren-t[schwa]m). [Law Latin] Hist. From freehold of one’s parents. “De alode parentum. — Lands descending by inheritance from parents were said to be so acquired, in contradistinction to lands held in feu … and to those acquired by a singular title. Subsequently the phrase acquired a more comprehensive signification, as […]