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gavelkind
gavelkind Law. (ˈgævəlkaɪnd) Forms: 3 gavelikind, -kende, gaulikend, gavelkend, 4–5 gavelkynde, 6–7 gavellkind, gavelkinde, 6– gavelkind. [The 13th c. form gavel(i)kende (latinized -kenda) seems to point to an OE. *gafolᵹecynd, n. neut. (the e for y being a mark of Kentish dialect), f. gafol gavel n...
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Gavelkind in Ireland
Under Brehon law, gavelkind, a form of partible inheritance, was the system of land inheritance. See also
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Robinson, On Gavelkind
Digby, History of the Law of Real Property
Pollock and F. W.
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Gowler
The now mainly obsolete word "gavelkind" described a system of land tenancy found only in the county of Kent in England, and presided over by a "gaveler At a time when tenants were expected not only to pay rent for their own lands, but also to put in time on behalf of the landlord, "gavelkind" was unique
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disgavel
disgavel, v. Law. (dɪsˈgævəl) [f. dis- 7 a + gavel (gavelkind n.)] trans. To relieve or exempt from the tenure of gavelkind. Hence disˈgavelling vbl. n. and ppl. a.1683 Siderfin Rep. i. 137 Les primer Statutes de Disgaveling come Wiats Stat. 15 H. 8. 1741 T. Robinson Gavelkind i. 6 Before the Time o...
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Invicta (motto)
Holding of land in Kent by gavelkind, rather than the feudal-Norman laws of primogeniture, lasted until the early 20th century suggesting that the people
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Custumal
The county-wide Custumal of Kent, written in Anglo-French, codified the unique system of gavelkind in Kent that existed for centuries before its enactment The Common Law of Kent: or, The Customs of Gavelkind. 1821 edition: London: A. Strahan.
Scargill-Bird, Samuel Robert (1877).
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borough-kind
† ˈborough-kind Obs. rare—1. [? f. Borough-English, after gavelkind.] = Borough-English.1577 Harrison England ii. ix. (1877) 203 Burrow kind is where the youngest is preferred before the eldest.
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Popery Act
Inheritance in traditional Irish law used gavelkind, whereby an estate was divided equally among a dead man's sons. The 1704 act enforced gavelkind for Catholics and primogeniture for Protestants.
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gavelet
† gavelet Law. Obs. [f. gavel n.1 The second element is obscure: perh. the word arose from some phrase in which OE. gafol occurred with lǽtan to let, neglect.] A legal process against a tenant for non-payment of rent; chiefly relating to lands held in gavelkind (see quots.).1{ddd} in Somner Treat. G...
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John de Bankwell
He had landed property at Lee and elsewhere in Kent, which descended, according to the Kentish custom of gavelkind, to his two sons Thomas and William.
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Edward Tyrrell (priest hunter)
Tyrrell was working to enforce the Act to prevent the further Growth of Popery, commonly known as the Popery Act or the Gavelkind Act, which was an Act See also
Gavelkind in Ireland
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1713 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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port-soken
† port-ˈsoken Old Law. Obs. [f. port n.2 + soken.] The jurisdiction of a port or town; hence, spec. the district outside a city or borough, over which its jurisdiction extended. Also attrib.[a 1189 Charter of Hen. II to Canterbury in Somner Gavelkind (1660) 135 Infra urbem, & in Portsoka. 1200 Rot. ...
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Charles Sandys
In 1851, Sandys composed Consuetudines Kanciae: A History of Gavelkind and other Remarkable Customs in the County of Kent, described by his ODNB biographer Canterbury Cathedral" (1846)
The Memorial and Case of Clerici Laici, or Lay Clerks of Canterbury Cathedral (1848)
Consuetudines Kanciae: A History of Gavelkind
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Partible inheritance
See also
Gavelkind
Gavelkind in Ireland
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Inheritance
Legal terminology
Sibling
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