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Definition of Gavelkind
1. n. 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.
Definition of Gavelkind
1. Noun. (historical) a system of inheritance associated with the county of Kent in England whereby, at the death of a tenant, intestate estate is divided equally among all his sons; also, a similar system employed in Ireland ¹
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Definition of Gavelkind
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gavelkind
Literary usage of Gavelkind
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"All the sons of a tenant of gavelkind lands take equally, or their heirs male
... Coke derives gavelkind from "gave all kinde;" for this custom gave to all ..."
2. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1793)
"And it was held there, that ¡fa man gives land of gavelkind in tail, fe hold of
bun in ... Ií was found by a jury of the county of Kent, that gavelkind Cro. ..."
3. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"The nature of the tenure in gavelkind affords us a still stronger argument.3 It
... And as it is principally here that we meet with the custom of gavelkind ..."
4. The Tenures of Kent by Charles Isaac Elton (1867)
"Uncertainty in Kent as to what lands are held in gavelkind.—Antiquity of the law
of real property ... The law of gavelkind a fragment of the old Common Law. ..."
5. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"Land of the nature of gavelkind descends to all the sons equally. ... [The adverse
possession of one tenant in gavelkind does not operate as the possession ..."
6. An Analytical Digested Index to the Common Law Reports: From the Time of by Thomas Coventry, Samuel Hughes (1832)
"By custom of Kent, gavelkind lands are devisable by will; but this custom will
not pass gavelkind lands purchased after the making of the will, although the ..."
7. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"[p.269] The problem which is set before us by the gavelkind of gavelkind. Kent is
not a problem in the history of the law of inheritance, but a difficult ..."
8. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"All the sons of a tenant of gavelkind lands take equally, or their heirs male
... Coke derives gavelkind from "gave all kinde;" for this custom gave to all ..."
9. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1793)
"And it was held there, that ¡fa man gives land of gavelkind in tail, fe hold of
bun in ... Ií was found by a jury of the county of Kent, that gavelkind Cro. ..."
10. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"The nature of the tenure in gavelkind affords us a still stronger argument.3 It
... And as it is principally here that we meet with the custom of gavelkind ..."
11. The Tenures of Kent by Charles Isaac Elton (1867)
"Uncertainty in Kent as to what lands are held in gavelkind.—Antiquity of the law
of real property ... The law of gavelkind a fragment of the old Common Law. ..."
12. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"Land of the nature of gavelkind descends to all the sons equally. ... [The adverse
possession of one tenant in gavelkind does not operate as the possession ..."
13. An Analytical Digested Index to the Common Law Reports: From the Time of by Thomas Coventry, Samuel Hughes (1832)
"By custom of Kent, gavelkind lands are devisable by will; but this custom will
not pass gavelkind lands purchased after the making of the will, although the ..."
14. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"[p.269] The problem which is set before us by the gavelkind of gavelkind. Kent is
not a problem in the history of the law of inheritance, but a difficult ..."
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