Gavel
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In old English law
Tribute; toll; custom; yearly revenue, of which there were formerly various kinds.
Jacob; Tayl. Hist. Gavelkind, 26, 102.
See "Gabel."
See Gabel.