different between disgavel vs gavelkind

disgavel

English

Etymology

See dis- and gavelkind.

Verb

disgavel (third-person singular simple present disgavels, present participle disgavelling, simple past and past participle disgavelled)

  1. (Britain, law, transitive) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant.
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gavelkind

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??æv?l?ka?nd/

Noun

gavelkind (countable and uncountable, plural gavelkinds)

  1. (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

Related terms

  • disgavel

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