Hotchpotch or hotchpot

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We are trying to assist our elder son to purchase a unit/apartment in Melbourne. We have helped both boys in the past with financial gifts. My father helped us from time to time. He always said that, rather than make us wait till he passed on, he’d prefer to help us out from time to time as we needed it. We came across the term ‘hotchpot’ when rewriting our wills. As one son is getting a substantial amount now, that needs to be reflected in our will to ensure our estate is shared more or less equally. ‘Hotchpot’ is ‘the blending, combining or offsetting of property (typically gifts) to ensure equality of a later division of property’. I’d heard of 'hotchpotch' as being a mishmash or confused mix of stuff. Apparently it can also mean a mutton stew with mixed vegetables. But hotchpot is a new term for me. As I don't have a photo of hotchpot , here is another of the wax figures from Westonie Museum.