the collecting of property so that it may be redistributed in equal shares, esp on the intestacy of a parent who has given property to a child in his or her lifetime
Word origin
C14: from Old French hochepot, from hocher to shake, of Germanic origin + pot1
hotchpot in American English
(ˈhɑtʃˌpɑt)
noun
English
a pooling of property of different persons for equal redistribution
Word origin
ME hochepot < OFr, stew < hocher, to shake (< Frank *hottisōn, akin to LowG hotzen < IE base *kwet-, to shake > L quatere) + pot, pot3