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A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water.
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A gable.
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An ancient special kind of cessavit used in Kent and London for the recovery of rent.
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A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.
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Tribute; toll; custom. [Obs.] See Gabel.
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Same as Gavelock.
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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.
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A mason's setting maul.
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The mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body, public assembly, court, masonic body, etc.
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An iron crow or lever.
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A spear or dart.
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To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant; -- said of lands.
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