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An English system of land tenure from AngloSaxon times to 1926 that provided for the equal division of land among all qualified heirs.

GAVELKIND - Gavelkind () was a system of land tenure associated chiefly with the county of Kent, but also found in Ireland and Wales and some other parts of Engl...

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Tenure not favouring first-born, provided lord possesses family

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Sep 1 2013 The Times - Cryptic

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An English system of land tenure from Anglo-Saxon times to 1926 that provided for the equal division of land among all qualified heirs.
A system of inheritance in which a deceased person's land is divided equally among all male heirs.

Gavelkind description
Gavelkind () was a system of land tenure associated chiefly with the county of Kent, but also found in Ireland and Wales and some other parts of England. Its inheritance pattern is a system of partible inheritance, which bears resemblance to Salic patrimony: as such, it might testify in favour of a wider, probably ancient Germanic tradition. Under this law, land was divided equally among sons or other heirs.Over the centuries, various acts were passed to degavel individual manors but, in England and Wales, it was the Administration of Estates Act 1925 that finally abolished the custom.

Gavelkind description

Gavelkind () was a system of land tenure associated chiefly with the county of Kent, but also found in Ireland and Wales and some other parts of England. Its inheritance pattern is a system of partible inheritance, which bears resemblance to Salic patrimony: as such, it might testify in favour of a wider, probably ancient Germanic tradition. Under this law, land was divided equally among sons or other heirs.Over the centuries, various acts were passed to degavel individual manors but, in England and Wales, it was the Administration of Estates Act 1925 that finally abolished the custom.

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