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Definition of Gavelling
1. gavel [v] - See also: gavel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gavelling
Literary usage of Gavelling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1808)
"It is a curious circumstance, that, since the passing of the Dis- gavelling Acts,
the continual change of property, the extinction of the Court of Wards, ..."
2. A Course of Legal Study: Addressed to Students and the Profession Generally by David Hoffman (1836)
"... with us gavelling is almost considered as a punishment, and has actually ...
yet gavelling is the policy of republics; it hurts the pride of families; ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"In the same year (1504) he obtained an exemplification under the great seal of
the act for dis- gavelling his lands, and of a proviso in hi» favour in the ..."
4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1907)
"Under the Gavelling Act of 1704, and a supplementary measure of 1709, the sons
of a Papist were entitled to inherit their father's lands in equal shares, ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"... in consequence of the gavelling act, directing that the lands of persons of
that persuasion shall descend to all the males according to the custom of ..."
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