gavelkind

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: gav=el=kind

CIDE DICTIONARY

gavelkind, n. [OE. gavelkynde, gavelkende. See Gavel tribute, and Kind, n.].

 A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent.  Cowell.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

gavelkind

Participation

N participation, cotenancy, joint tenancy, occupancy in common, possession in common, tenancy in common, joint stock, common stock, co-partnership, partnership, communion, community of possessions, community of goods, communism, socialism, cooperation, snacks, coportion, picnic, hotchpot, co-heirship, co-parceny, co- parcenary, gavelkind, participator, sharer, co-partner, partner, shareholder, co-tenant, joint tenant, tenants in common, co-heir, co-parcener, communist, socialist, partaking, communistic, share and share alike.