copyhold
nounUK /ˌkɒp.iːˈhəʊld/ · US /ˌkɔp.iˈhoʊld/
Etymology From copy + hold.
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Law, Property Historical A former form of tenure in which the title deeds were a copy of the manorial roll.
- […]this quiz with all the strange old terms in it, curtilage and messuage and socage and fee simple and fee tail and feoffee and copyhold and customary freehold and mortmain and devises and lēx locī reī sitae.1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest, page 311:
- Derived terms
- copyholder