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Gafolgild

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

or GAFFOLDGILD. The. payment of rent or income. Gafolgild, payment of such rent, etc. Gafolland was land liable to tribute or tax (Cowell); or land rented (Saxon Diet.). See Tayl. Hist. Gavelkind, pp. 26, 27, 1021; Anc. Inst. Eng.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

sax. The payment of rent or incoma

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Sax. [from gafol, rent, and gild, payment.] The payment of rent or income. Gafolgildenhuse; a house paying an annual rent. Spelman, voc. Gabella.