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What (who) is hotchpotch - definition
IN PROPERTY LAW, THE BLENDING OR COMBINING OF PROPERTY IN ORDER TO ENSURE EQUALITY OF DIVISION
Hotch-pot; Hotch pot; Hotchpotch; Hotchpot rule; Hotchpotch rule; Hotch-potch; Hotch potch
hotchpotch
see hotch-potch
Hotchpotch
·noun A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge.
II. Hotchpotch ·noun 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.
hotchpotch
(N. Amer. hodgepodge)
¦ noun
1. a confused mixture.
2. archaic a mutton stew with mixed vegetables.
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. and OFr. hochepot, from hocher 'to shake' + pot 'pot'.
Wikipedia
Hotchpot
In civil and property law, hotchpot (sometimes referred to as hotchpotch or the hotchpotch rule) is the blending, combining or offsetting of property (typically gifts) to ensure equality of a later division of property.
The name hotch-pot is taken from a kind of pudding, and is derived from the French word hocher, or "shake." It was used as early as 1292 as a legal term, and from the 15th century in cooking for a sort of broth with many ingredients (see Hodge-Podge soup), and so it is used figuratively for any heterogeneous mixture.
Examples of use of hotchpotch
1. "But since it changed over it‘s been a real hotchpotch.
2. Next up is a "double devolution" white paper: expect a hotchpotch of contradiction here.
3. Transylvania‘s historic towns, striking scenery and hotchpotch of cultures stand out in Romania, says Andrew Dickson.
4. GOSS, a hotchpotch of parties, compromises, rewards, and balancing acts, is a sort of a titanic in waiting.
5. While the rest of the country is largely monocultural, Transylvania sticks out as a stubborn hotchpotch of competing ethnic groups.