GAVELKIND

Meaning of GAVELKIND in English

[ 'gav(ə)lkʌɪnd ]

■ noun historical a system of inheritance in which a deceased person's land is divided equally among all male heirs.

Origin

ME: from obs. gavel 'payment, rent' + kind 1 .

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GAVELKIND — noun Etymology: Middle English gavelkynde, from 1gavel + kinde kind Date: 14th century a tenure of land existing chiefly in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GAVELKIND — ˈgavəlˌkīnd noun Etymology: Middle English gavelkynde, from gavel (I) + kynde, kinde kind — more at kind 1. : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GAVELKIND — (n.) A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land …
Английский словарь Webster
GAVELKIND — ( n. ) A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GAVELKIND — /gav"euhl kuynd'/ , n. Eng. Law. 1. (originally) a tenure of land in which the tenant was liable for a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GAVELKIND — n. land-tenure in which land is divided equally among the sons or brothers of the deceased (English Law)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GAVELKIND — noun Etymology: Middle English gavelkynde, from gavel (I) + kinde kind Date: 14th century : a tenure of land existing …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GAVELKIND — noun a tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land …
Webster English vocab
GAVELKIND — [gav.el.kind] n [ME gavelkynde, fr. [1]gavel + kinde kind] (14c): a tenure of land existing chiefly in Kent from Anglo-Saxon …
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GAVELKIND — gavelkind BrE AmE ˈɡæv ə l kaɪnd -kɪnd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GAVELKIND — 1) истор. равный раздел земельной собственности между сыновьями или братьями покойного или между всеми членами клана при отсутствии завещания 2) равный …
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GAVELKIND — n. Pronunciation: ' ga-v ə l- ˌ k ī nd Function: noun Etymology: Middle English gavelkynde, from 1 gavel + …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GAVEL — I. gav·el ˈgavəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gafol, from the stem …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GAVELKINDER — -də(r) noun ( -s ) : a tenant by gavelkind
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISGAVEL — dəs, (ˈ)dis+, or -sk- instead of -sg- transitive verb Etymology: dis- (I) + gavel (to subject to gavelkind) : to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUSTOM OF KENT — -ˈkent Usage: usually capitalized K Etymology: from Kent county, England : gavelkind
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISGAVEL — (v. t.) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons …
Английский словарь Webster
DISGAVEL — ( v. t. ) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DISGAVEL — /dis gav"euhl/ , v.t., disgaveled, disgaveling or ( esp. Brit. ) disgavelled, disgavelling . Eng. Law. to free from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DISGAVEL — vt to deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of …
Webster English vocab
KENT — administrative, geographic, and historic county of England, lying along the English Channel at the southeastern extremity of Great Britain. A …
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VILLENAGE — Synonyms and related words : absolutism, adverse possession, alodium, bond service, bondage, burgage, captivity, claim, colony, control, de facto, de …
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TENURE — Synonyms and related words : adverse possession, alodium, appointment, berth, billet, burgage, claim, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, colony, continuous …
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TENANCY — Synonyms and related words : abiding, abode, adverse possession, alodium, burgage, claim, cohabitation, colony, commorancy, de facto, de jure, dependency, …
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SUCCESSION — Synonyms and related words : Indian file, accession, affiliation, afterlife, alternation, ancestry, anointing, anointment, apparentation, appointment, array, arrogation, articulation, assignment, …
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SUBLEASE — Synonyms and related words : adverse possession, alodium, bareboat charter, burgage, charter, claim, colony, de facto, de jure, dependency, derivative …
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SQUATTING — Synonyms and related words : abiding, abode, adverse possession, alodium, burgage, claim, cohabitation, colony, commorancy, de facto, de jure, dependency, …
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REVERSION — Synonyms and related words : about-face, about-turn, atavism, back track, back trail, backing, backing off, backing out, backing up, backset, …
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PROPERTY — Synonyms and related words : acreage, acres, adverse possession, affection, affluence, alodium, aroma, assets, attribute, available means, badge, balance, banner, …
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PRIMOGENITURE — Synonyms and related words : aboriginality, age, ancien regime, ancientness, antiquity, atavism, bequeathal, bequest, birthright, borough-English, cobwebs of antiquity, coheirship, …
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PRESCRIPTION — Synonyms and related words : Procrustean law, act, adverse possession, aid, alodium, alterative, analeptic, appurtenance, assistance, authority, balm, balsam, bill, …
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