ALL meanings of gavelkind
gav·el·kind
G g - noun gavelkind A system of inheritance in which a deceased person’s land is divided equally among all male heirs. 1
- noun gavelkind (originally) a tenure of land in which the tenant was liable for a rental in money or produce rather than for labor or military service. 1
- noun gavelkind a customary system of land tenure whose chief feature was equal division of land among the heirs of the holder. 1
- noun gavelkind the land so held. 1
- noun gavelkind a former system of land tenure peculiar to Kent based on the payment of rent to the lord instead of the performance of services by the tenant 0
- noun gavelkind the land subject to such tenure 0
- noun gavelkind (formerly) land held under this system 0
- noun gavelkind in Great Britain, a system of land tenure by which: 0
- noun gavelkind the property of a man dying intestate was divided equally among his sons 0
- noun gavelkind the tenant could dispose of his land by feoffment at the age of fifteen 0
- noun gavelkind the land did not escheat upon the conviction of the tenant as a felon 0