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Gavelkind
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(gv´lknd) [M.E.
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, ...
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, Gavel, Inherit, Estate, Count
  
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