- were
afterwards called copyholders, in
contrast to freeholders. The
actual term "
copyhold" is
first recorded in 1483, and "
copyholder" in 1511–1512. The specific...
-
typed in
front of them and the copy is
often held in a
copyholder. The
adjustable arm on the
copyholder aids
legibility and
maximizes the
typing speed. There...
-
contiguous block.
Copyholders had a "customary tenancy" on
their piece of land that was
legally enforceable. The
problem was that a "
copyhold tenancy" was...
-
tenure which may be
described as a
variety of
copyhold. It is also
termed privileged copyhold or
copyhold of
frank tenure. It is a
tenure by copy of manorial...
-
Extinguishment occurs in a
variety of contracts, such as land
contracts (common,
copyhold), debts, rents, and
right of ways. A
right may be
extinguished by nullifying...
- this
system among the lord and his tenants;
poorer peasants (serfs or
copyholders,
depending on the era) were
allowed to live on the
strips owned by the...
-
several forms of land tenure,
among them socage, quit-rent, leasehold, and
copyhold. In some contexts, "peasant" has a
pejorative meaning, even when referring...
-
courts also
began to
protect these customary tenants, who
became known as
copyholders. The name
arises because the
tenant was
given a copy of the court's record...
- by
copyhold. Ware and his son held
their copyhold for
their lives,
subject to the will of the lord and the
custom of the manor. The Wares'
copyhold was...
- hath been of an old
ancient custom. We pray that all
freeholders and
copyholders may take the
profits of all commons, and
there to common, and the lords...
