GAVELET, in London, is a writ used in the hustings, given to lords of rents in the city of London. Here the parties, tenant and demandant, appear by seire facias, to show cause why the one should not have his tenement again on payment of his rent, or the other recover the lands on default thereof.
GAVELET
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