copyholder

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

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

From Short History of Wales by Sir Owen Morgan Edwards

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

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

However, in the reign of Edward IV. this was put out of doubt by the judges, who permitted the copyholder to bring his action of trespass against the lord for dispossession.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam