copyholder
Example Sentences
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He must, I think, himself have been a copyholder in his day, so feelingly does he deal with the detriments of a champion-holding.
From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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 Raine, William MacLeod
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
The last was practically the counterpart of the mediæval English copyholder.
From German Culture Past and Present by Bax, Ernest Belfort
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 Hallam, Henry
