🔤 Gavelkind ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
barabar warasat, zameen ki taqseem ka nizam, kent inheritance, musawi wirasat, zameen ki taqseem
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ENGLISH
📚noun
gavelkind
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /ˈɡævəlkaɪnd/
Phonetic: /gav ul kynd/
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DEFINITION
a former system of land tenure in Kent where land was divided equally among sons, equal inheritance among heirs, partible inheritance
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Gavelkind divided the estate equally among the sons.
The gavelkind system was common in Kent.
Gavelkind differed from primogeniture.
The gavelkind custom lasted until 1925.
The gavelkind inheritance created smaller estates.
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