Copyhold

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  • n. A former form of tenure in which the title deeds were a copy of the manorial roll
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court.
  • n. Land held in copyhold.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In England, a tenure of lands of a manor, according to the custom of the manor, and by copy of court-roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court, which contain entries of the admission of the original or former tenant, his surrender to the use of another, or alienation, or his death, and the claim and admission of the heir or devisee.
  • n. Land held in copyhold.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    land tenure    tenure   
    Cross Reference
    enfranchisement of copyhold lands   
    Form
    copyholder   
    Same Context
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    leasehold    sublease    better-off    vuimage    globe-trotter   
     
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