copyhold's Usage Examples:

copyhold tenants in the manor of Bisley, with the amount of their fines.

The house was held by copyhold of the Manor and Honor of Hampton Court, as were all the properties in the area.

Bargain and sale of copyhold estates, which operates at common law, is still a mode of conveyance in England in the case of a sale by executors, where a testator has directed a sale of his estate to be made, instead of devising it to trustees upon trust to sell.

The total annual rent paid by the copyholders is given as £ 7.

The Copyhold Consolidation Act 1894 supersedes six previous copyhold statutes, but does not effect any alteration in the law concerning enfranchisement.

Commutation, the enfranchisement of copyholds, and the abolition of military tenures in the reign of Charles II.

Two years later there was a serious riot against the increase of copyhold.

It was evidently distinct from the copyhold tenement called Fosters.

Escheat is also an incident of copyhold tenure.

In the toWns the new 10 household franchise secured a democratic constituency; in the counties the inclusion of tenants at will (of 50 annual rent), as well as of copyholders and leaseholders, only tended to increase the influence of the landlords.

An ancestor Stephen Tutt Hodd held the copyholds of these properties.

Synonyms:

land tenure, tenure,

Antonyms:

demote,