Gavelgeld
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Gavelgild.
Sax. [from gavel or gafel, rent or income, and geld, payment; L. Lat. gavelgilda.] In old English law. That which yields a rent or annual profit. Si in gavelgilda, id est, in gablum reddente domo pugna fiat; if the fight be in a gavelgild, that is a house paying a rent.
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C(ywell. Spelman, voc. Gavelgilda. See Gafolgild, That which pays a tribute or toll; the tribute or toll itself. 3 Mon. Angl, 155. Cowell. Blount.