Definition of Gavelling

1. Verb. (present participle of gavel) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gavelling

1. gavel [v] - See also: gavel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gavelling

gave out
gave over
gave the finger
gave up
gave way
gavel
gaveled
gavelet
gavelets
gaveling
gavelkind
gavelkinds
gavelled
gaveller
gavellers
gavelling
gavelman
gavelmen
gaveloche
gaveloches
gavelock
gavelocks
gavels
gaverick
gavest
gaviae
gavial
gavialoid
gavials
gaviiform seabird

Literary usage of Gavelling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1808)
"It is a curious circumstance, that, since the passing of the Dis- gavelling Acts, the continual change of property, the extinction of the Court of Wards, ..."

2. A Course of Legal Study: Addressed to Students and the Profession Generally by David Hoffman (1836)
"... with us gavelling is almost considered as a punishment, and has actually ... yet gavelling is the policy of republics; it hurts the pride of families; ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"In the same year (1504) he obtained an exemplification under the great seal of the act for dis- gavelling his lands, and of a proviso in hi» favour in the ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1907)
"Under the Gavelling Act of 1704, and a supplementary measure of 1709, the sons of a Papist were entitled to inherit their father's lands in equal shares, ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"... in consequence of the gavelling act, directing that the lands of persons of that persuasion shall descend to all the males according to the custom of ..."

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