Hotchpot
Definition of Hotchpot
Hotch´pot`
n.
1.
A
mingled
mass
;
a
confused
mixture
;
a
stew
of
various
ingredients
;
a
hodgepodge
.
A
mixture
or
hotchpotch
of
many
tastes
.
- Bacon.
2.
(Law)
A
blending
of
property
for
equality
of
division
,
as
when
lands
given
in
frank-marriage
to
one
daughter
were
,
after
the
death
of
the
ancestor
,
blended
with
the
lands
descending
to
her
and
to
her
sisters
from
the
same
ancestor
,
and
then
divided
in
equal
portions
among
all
the
daughters
.
In
modern
usage
,
a
mixing
together
,
or
throwing
into
a
common
mass
or
stock
,
of
the
estate
left
by
a
person
deceased
and
the
amounts
advanced
to
any
particular
child
or
children
,
for
the
purpose
of
a
more
equal
division
,
or
of
equalizing
the
shares
of
all
the
children
;
the
property
advanced
being
accounted
for
at
its
value
when
given
.
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