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Avelkind
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Avelkind'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/avelkind.html. 1828.