Gavelkind
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A species of socage tenure common in Kent, in England, where the lands descend to all the sens or heirs of the nearest degree, together; may be disposed of by wlll; do not escheat for felony; may be aliened by the heir at the age of fifteen; and dower and curtesy is given of half the land. Stim. Law Gloss.