Copyhold
//ˌkɒp.iːˈhəʊld// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A former form of tenure in which the title deeds were a copy of the manorial roll. countable, historical, uncountable
"[…]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."
- 2 a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services wordnet
Example
More examples"[…]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."
Etymology
From copy + hold.
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