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Definition of a hotchpot in English English dictionary: hochepoche
hotchpot: The blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, especially in the case of divorce or intestacy
Hotchpot: hochepot
hotchpot: 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
hotchpot: A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge
hotchpot: 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
hotchpot: {i} combining of the various properties of a deceased person in order to evenly distribute them among the heirs (Law)

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