1) Legal terminology 
In property law, hotchpot (sometimes referred to as hotchpotch or the hotchpotch rule) refers to the blending or combining of property in order to ensure equality of division. It usually arises in cases of divorce or in connection with advances made from the estate of a deceased, if so provided for in his will. Hotchpot was abolished for all perso...
aggregation of property prior to equal division among heirs
• (n.) Alt. of Hotchpotch
(n) Hotchpot is the process of collecting all related or connected properties together with a purpose of distributing them to the beneficiaries of the property. Hotchpot is used to represent equitable distribution of the property
The requirement to bring certain assets into account, to secure an equal division
the bringing together of shares or properties in order to divide them equally, esp. when they are to be divided among the children of a parent dying intestate.