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copyhold

[ kop-ee-hohld ]

noun

  1. (formerly) a type of ownership of land in England, evidenced by a copy of the manor roll establishing the title.
  2. an estate held hold under such ownership.


copyhold

/ ˈɒɪˌəʊ /

noun

    1. a tenure less than freehold of land in England evidenced by a copy of the Court roll
    2. land held in this way
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of copyhold1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; copy, hold 1
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Acknowledgment money, in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords.

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But copyhold is necessarily transferred in court, while freehold is not.

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It is also termed privileged copyhold or copyhold of frank tenure.

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Nominee, nom-in-ē′, n. one who is nominated by another: one on whose life an annuity or lease depends: one to whom the holder of a copyhold estate surrenders his interest.

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This document was sealed with red wax, and endorsed:—“Sentence on a hog, executed by justice, brought into the copyhold of Clermont, and strangled on a gibbet at Avin.”

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