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 William Bennett Munro
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
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 Joseph Cottle
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 Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by A. Turnbull
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
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