† gaveletn.
Law. Obsolete.
A legal process against a tenant for non-payment of rent; chiefly relating to lands held in gavelkind (see quots.).
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trailbaston1304
gavelet1313
withernam1314
praemunire facias1425
Valentine1556
statute of bankrupt1622
safeguard1670
avocatory1689
information quo warranto1690
statute of lunacy1706
jedge and warrant1720
habeas corpora1838
stop-order1875
caution1959
1313 in W. Somner Treat. Gavelkind (1660) 31 Et postea per quandam consuetudinem quæ vocatur Gavelate usitatam in comitatu isto de terris & tenementis de Gavelkinde, pro redditibus & servitiis quæ a retro fuerint de eisdem per plures annos devenerunt eædem terræ in manus cujusdam Abbatis, &c.
?1317 Act [? 10 Edw. II] in Stat. Realm (1810) I. 222 ( Statutum de Gaveleto in London ) Tunc ipsi tenentes inplacitentur de Gaveleto.
1419 in Liber Albus (Rolls) III. 186 De Gavellet. Item, en brief de Gaivelett les tenauntz averount troys somons et troys essones.
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Kk1v/1 Gavelet, is a speciall and auncient kinde of Cessauit vsed in Kent, where the custome of Gavill kind continueth: whereby the tenent shall forfeit his lands and tenements to the Lord of whome he holdeth, if he withdraw from him his due rents and seruices.
1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent ii. vi. 253 Framed the Statute of Gavelet for Rents arrear in London.
1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent Custum. Kent 292 If his escheate be by Gavelate.
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