copyholder
Example Sentences
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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
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
A copyholder without legal remedy may seem little better than a tenant in mere villenage, except in name.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
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
