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gavelkind
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GAVELKIND
n.A tenure in England, by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. This species of tenure prevailed in England before the Norman conquest, in many parts of the kingdom, perhaps in the whole realm; but particularly in Kent, where it still exists.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GAVELKIND
Gav "el *kind `, n. Etym: [OE. gavelkynde, gavelkende. See Gavel tribute, and Kind, n.] (O. Eng. Law )
Defn: A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent. Cowell.
New American Oxford Dictionary
gavelkind
gav el kind |ˈgavəlˌkīnd ˈɡævəlkaɪnd | ▶noun historical a system of inheritance in which a deceased person's land is divided equally among all male heirs. ORIGIN Middle English: from obsolete gavel ‘payment, rent ’ + kind 1 .
Oxford Dictionary
gavelkind
gavelkind |ˈgav (ə )lkʌɪnd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] historical a system of inheritance in which a deceased person's land is divided equally among all male heirs. ORIGIN Middle English: from obsolete gavel ‘payment, rent ’ + kind 1 .
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