copyholder

Example Sentences

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The last was practically the counterpart of the mediæval English copyholder.

From German Culture Past and Present by Bax, Ernest Belfort

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 Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by Turnbull, A.

The head proofreader in turn gives the proof to an assistant and the manuscript to a copyholder, who reads the story to the assistant for the detection of typographical errors.

From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)

A special custom is required to entitle the wife of a copyholder to any interest in her husband’s lands on his death intestate.

From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various

The rise of the copyholder from a state of uncertainty to certainty of tenure appears to have been very gradual.

From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various