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hotchpot

American  
[hoch-pot] / ˈhɒtʃˌpɒt /

noun

Law.

  1. the bringing together of shares or properties in order to divide them equally, especially when they are to be divided among the children of a parent dying intestate.

hotchpot British  
/ ˈhɒtʃˌpɒt /

noun

  1. property law the collecting of property so that it may be redistributed in equal shares, esp on the intestacy of a parent who has given property to his children in his lifetime

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Etymology

Origin of hotchpot

1250–1300; Middle English hochepot < Anglo-French, literally, shake-pot. See hotch, pot 1

Example Sentences

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Without doubt there was meat enough, and it was handsomely dressed by Snapsauce, Hotchpot, and Brayverjuice, Grangousier's cooks.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

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