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Webster 1913 Edition

Copyhold

Cop′y-holdˊ

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Noun.
(Eng. Law)
(a)
A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord’s court.
Blackstone.
(b)
Land held in copyhold.
Milton.
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Copyholds
do not exist in the United States.

Webster 1828 Edition

Copyhold

COPYHOLD

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Noun.
In England, a tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant hath nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lords court.

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