copyholder
Example Sentences
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It extended the franchise to the copyholder, and to the farmer paying 50 pounds rent, in the counties; it gave the towns a uniform 10 pounds household franchise.
From Short History of Wales by Sir Owen Morgan Edwards
He drove a delivery wagon for a grocer, ushered at a theater, was even a copyholder in the proofroom of a newspaper.
From The Vision Splendid by William MacLeod Raine
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
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
