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copyholder1|ˈkɒpɪhəʊldə(r)|
[f. copy n. 5 + holder; = ‘holder by copy’.]
One who holds an estate in copyhold.
1511–2Act 3 Hen. VIII, c. 18 Custumarye and Copie⁓holders tenauntes of eny Copyeholde londes holden at wylle of the Lorde. 1523Fitzherb. Surv. 14 These maner of copye holders haue an estate of enherytaunce, after the custome of the maner, yet haue they no franke tenement..and therfore they be called tenantes of base tenure. a1626Bacon Max. & Use Com. Law (1635) 37 Being in truth bondmen at the beginning, but having obtained freedome of their persons, and gained a custome by use of occupying their lands, they now are called Coppy-holders. 1777Sheridan Trip Scarb. v. ii, What's your name? Come, are you a freeholder or a copyholder? 1876Digby Real Prop. v. §6. 256 The authorised copy of the entry on the rolls of the court delivered to the tenant is his muniment of title, and gives him his name of ‘copyholder’. |