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Land-gabel

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Land rent.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A tax or duty' on land. See Gabel. It is said to have been originally a penny for a house; Spel. Gloss.; and by another authority, in Domesday Book it was a quit-rent for a house site similar to the modern ground rent. Whart. L. Diet Spelled also Land Gable. Moz. & W.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

See Land.

Defined under Gabel in Black's Law Dictionary.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

A land tax or rent; a quitrent.