gav|el|kind

gav|el|kind
gav|el|kind «GAV uhl kynd», noun.
in old English law:
1. a tenure of land, chiefly in Kent, in which at the age of fifteen a tenant in fee could dispose of his land, and in which at a tenant's death his land was divided equally among his sons or other heirs.
2. a tenure of land by the payment of rent or fixed services rather than by military service.
3. land held in this fashion.
4. the custom of dividing a deceased person's property equally among his sons.
╂[Middle English gavelikind < Old English gafol tax + gecynd species, kind2]

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  • dis|gav|el — «dihs GAV uhl», transitive verb, elled, el|ling. (in English law) to relieve (land) from the tenure of gavelkind. ╂[< dis 2 + gavel (kind)] …   Useful english dictionary

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  • gavelkind — gav•el•kind [[t]ˈgæv əlˌkaɪnd[/t]] n. Eng. Law. 1) law land tenure paid for in money or produce rather than labor or military service 2) law a system of tenure in which land was divided equally among the holder s heirs • Etymology: 1175–1225; OE… …   From formal English to slang

  • Gavelkind — Gav el*kind , n. [OE. gavelkynde, gavelkende. See {Gavel} tribute, and {Kind}, n.] (O. Eng. Law) 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gavelkind — [gav′əl kīnd΄] n. [ME gavelkynde (orig. Kentish) < gavel, tribute, tax, rent (< OE gafol < base of giefan: see GIVE) + kynde, KIND] Historical in Great Britain, a system of land tenure by which: a) the property of a man dying intestate… …   English World dictionary

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