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Definition of Gavelkend

Gavelkind, descent of property to all the sons alike, the oldest to have the horse and arms and the youngest the homestead.
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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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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