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.

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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

However, after compliments, and more protestations from its owner, the Strad was brought into hotchpot, and Lætitia abdicated.

From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend

This puts new life into me," declared the father when he had eaten a few spoonfuls of hotchpot, "and now I 'll tell somewhat of the day's work.

From The Puritan Twins by Perkins, Lucy Fitch

This root is much used among the Dutch people in a kind of loblolly or hotchpot, which they do eat, calling it warmus.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

A little rearrangement convinced the fire that it had been premature; and an outlying faggot, brought into hotchpot, decided as an after-thought that it could flare.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

Hotchpot.—Will you kindly tell me what is the derivation of the local term hotchpot, and when it was first used?

From Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various