Meanings
nounhotchpot (plural hotchpots)
plural hotchpots
- alternativeAlternative form of hotchpotch.
- civil law; inheritance; civil law; inheritanceThe blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, mainly in the case of inheritance.
Synonyms: collation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, mainly in the case of inheritance.
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Dutch inbreng
- inbrengblending together of property so as to achieve equal division in the case of inheritance; collation
French rapport à succession
- rapport à successionblending together of property so as to achieve equal division in the case of inheritance; collation
German Ausgleich, Ausgleichung
- Ausgleichblending together of property so as to achieve equal division in the case of inheritance; collation
- Ausgleichungblending together of property so as to achieve equal division in the case of inheritance; collation
Italian collazione
- collazioneblending together of property so as to achieve equal division in the case of inheritance; collation
Portuguese colação de bens
- colação de bensblending together of property so as to achieve equal division in the case of inheritance; collation
Spanish colación de bienes
- colación de bienesblending together of property so as to achieve equal division in the case of inheritance; collation
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