(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:43:29

Cop"y*hold` (?), n. Eng.Law (a)

A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court.

Blackstone. (b)

Land held in copyhold.

Milton.

⇒ Copyholds do not exist in the United States.

 

© Webster 1913.

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