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gavelkind

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Noun — 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

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Inherited from Middle English gavelkynde; by surface analysis, gavel (“rent”) + kind (“lineage”).

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