Gavelkind
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(gv´lknd) [M.E.
Gavel
A wooden mallet used by a judge to bring proceedings to a start or to an end or to command attention in his or her court.
GAVEL. A tax, imposition or tribute; the same as gabel. (q. v.)
GAVELKIND. Given to all the kindred, or the hold or tenure of a family, not the kind of tenure. Eng. law.
It arises either by common law, as where an ancestor dies intestate, leaving two or more females as his co-heiresses, who then take as coparceners or parceners; or, by particular custom, as in the case of gavelkind lands, ...
American judges have ceremonial gavels, although American judges have court deputies or bailiffs and "contempt of court" power as their main devices to maintain decorum in the courtroom.
there are three other species of dower now subsisting; namely, dower by custom, which is where a widow becomes entitled to a certain portion of her husband's lands in consequence of some local or particular custom, thus by the custom of gavelkind, ...
 See also: Law, Count, Will, State, Child
  
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