copyholder
Example Sentences
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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 William Bennett Munro
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 William Bennett Munro
And if a precedent is asked for the particular remedy proposed, the Acts enabling any copyholder to enfranchise his holding should be consulted.
From Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day by Alfred Farthing Robbins
The last was practically the counterpart of the mediæval English copyholder.
From German Culture Past and Present by Ernest Belfort Bax
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 M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle) Spencer
