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Webster 1828 Edition


Hotchpot

HOTCH'POT

, n.
1.
Properly, a mingled mass; a mixture of ingredients.
2.
In law, a mixing of lands. Thus lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter, shall, after the death of the ancestor, be blended with the lands descending to her and then be divided in equal portions to all the daughters.

Definition 2024


hotchpot

hotchpot

English

Noun

hotchpot (plural hotchpots)

  1. hodgepodge; miscellaneous collection
  2. (civil law) The blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, especially in the case of divorce or intestacy
    1. Synonymous: collation

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