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Gavelkind
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 to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent. --Cowell.

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- Gavelkind (/ˈɡævəlkaɪnd/) was a system of land tenure chiefly ****ociated with the Celtic law in Ireland and Wales and with the legal traditions of the...
- law, gavelkind, a form of partible inheritance, was the system of land inheritance. The Normans called the Irish inheritance law the name gavelkind because...
- Growth of Popery (2 Anne c. 6 (I); commonly known as the Popery Act or the Gavelkind Act) was an Act of the Parliament of Ireland that was p****ed in 1704 designed...
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- of partible inheritance known as gavelkind, which was practised in Kent until the 20th century. The custom of gavelkind was also found in other areas of...
- experiences across colonies with different inheritance systems. Gavelkind Gavelkind in Ireland Alston, Lee J.; Schapiro, Morton Owen (June 1984). "Inheritance...
- Knight's fee Knight-service Baronage Peerage Serjeanty Copyhold Freehold Gavelkind Customary freehold Landed gentry Peerages in the United Kingdom Feudal...
- Knight's fee Knight-service Baronage Peerage Serjeanty Copyhold Freehold Gavelkind Customary freehold Landed gentry Peerages in the United Kingdom Feudal...
- pre-Norman rights and privileges. Gavelkind was an example of customary law in England. After the Norman Conquest, gavelkind was su****ded by the feudal law...
- Knight's fee Knight-service Baronage Peerage Serjeanty Copyhold Freehold Gavelkind Customary freehold Landed gentry Peerages in the United Kingdom Feudal...