copyholder
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The last was practically the counterpart of the mediæval English copyholder.
From German Culture Past and Present by Ernest Belfort Bax
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 Sir Owen Morgan Edwards
The head proofreader in turn gives the proof to an assistant and the manuscript to a copyholder, who reads the story to the assistant for the detection of typographical errors.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle) Spencer
I feel what I owe you, and, independently of this, I love you as a friend,—indeed so much that I regret, seriously regret, that you have been my copyholder.
From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by A. Turnbull
Most former voters and every leaseholder and every copyholder were excluded.
From Our Legal Heritage by S. A. Reilly
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