copyholder
Example Sentences
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A special custom is required to entitle the wife of a copyholder to any interest in her husband’s lands on his death intestate.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
It extended the franchise to the copyholder, and to the farmer paying 50 pounds rent, in the counties; it gave the towns a uniform 10 pounds household franchise.
From Short History of Wales by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir
And if a precedent is asked for the particular remedy proposed, the Acts enabling any copyholder to enfranchise his holding should be consulted.
From Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day by Robbins, Alfred Farthing
A copyholder without legal remedy may seem little better than a tenant in mere villenage, except in name.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry
This copyholder was undoubtedly the descendant of the Welsh serf of mediaeval times.
From Short History of Wales by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir
