copyholder

Example Sentences

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I feel what I owe you, and independently of this, I love you as a friend; indeed, so much, that I regret, seriously regret, that you have been my copyholder.

From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph

The Canadian censitaire had a written title-deed which stated explicitly the dues and services he was bound to give his seigneur; the copyholder had nothing of the kind.

From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by Munro, William Bennett

It extended the franchise to the copyholder, and to the farmer paying 50 pounds rent, in the counties; it gave the towns a uniform 10 pounds household franchise.

From Short History of Wales by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir

The copyholder must not commit waste either by cutting 117 down timber, &c., or by neglecting to repair buildings.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

Most former voters and every leaseholder and every copyholder were excluded.

From Our Legal Heritage by Reilly, S. A.