Homestead Patent of my Grandfather's north of Saco Montana

Blacks Law Dictionary Revised 4th Edition 2003

 

ALLODIAL. Free; not holden of any lord or superior; owned without
obligation of vassalage or fealty; the opposite of feudal...

 

ALLODIUM. Land held absolutely in one's own right, and not of any lord
or superior; land not subject to feudal duties or burdens. An estate held by
absolute ownership, without recognizing any superior to whom any duty is
due on account thereof...

Team Law Open Forum

"So far as we are aware, virtually all of the occupied land in Washington State is secured by Land Patent. Thus, all landowners in Washington are land patent secured landowners, whether they are aware of that and have accepted that fact or not."