Gav"el*kind` (?), n.
[OE. gavelkynde, gavelkende. See Gavel tribute, and Kind, n.]
(O. Eng. Law) 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.
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