gav·el·kind 
(găvəl-kīnd′)
(găvəl-kīnd′)n.
An English system of land tenure dating from Anglo-Saxon times and continuing in Kent until 1926, in which land was divided equally among all qualified heirs.
[Middle English gavelkinde : Old English gafol, gavel; see GAVEL2 + Old English gecynd, kind; see KIND2.]