gavelkind

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英 [\'gævlkaɪnd]

美 [\'gævəlˌkaɪnd]

gavelkind意思解释

n.

（英国）一种土地、财产继承制度或习惯；

英英释义

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 bears resemblance to Salic patrimony and as such might testify in favour of a wider, probably ancient Germanic tradition.