copyholder

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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

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

Now the English copyholder held his land subject to the customs of the manor; his dues and services were fixed by local custom both as regards their nature and amount.

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

This copyholder was undoubtedly the descendant of the Welsh serf of mediaeval times.

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

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

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