单词 | borough-holder |
释义 | borough-holdern. In certain Yorkshire boroughs: A person who holds property by burgage tenure: see borough n. 4. Modern dictionaries explain the word as = borsholder n.; possibly this is the meaning in quot. 1738. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by burgage borough-man1708 borough-holder1712 burgage-holder1748 burgage-tenant1819 1712 London Gaz. No. 5036/3 The humble Address of the Mayor..Aldermen and Assistants of the..Borough of Rippon..and of several Gentlemen and Borough-holders. 1738 Hist. View Court of Exchequer ii. 27 The King's Borrough-Holders in every County. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1712 |
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