Lexicographical Neighbors of Gavelman
Literary usage of Gavelman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the by Alexander Mansfield Burrill (1850)
"... which Spelman adopts as the alternative of his own derivation. gavelman.
In old English law. A tenant liable to the payment of gavel or tribute. ..."
2. The Common Law of Kent: Or, The Customs of Gavelkind. With an Appendix by Thomas Robinson (1822)
"... signifying corn- rent, gavel-erth tillage service, and a multitude of others:
And the tenant from whom these services were due was called gavelman. ..."
3. Habit and Its Importance in Education: An Essay in Pedagogical Psychology by Paul Radestock (1886)
"... security in which he hopes himself to enjoy the fruits of his industry, for
which reason the slave and the gavelman work with the greatest antipathy. ..."
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