copyholder
Example Sentences
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The Canadian censitaire had a written title-deed which stated explicitly the dues and services he was bound to give his seigneur; the copyholder had nothing of the kind.
From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by William Bennett Munro
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
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 Henry Hallam
Now the English copyholder held his land subject to the customs of the manor; his dues and services were fixed by local custom both as regards their nature and amount.
From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by William Bennett Munro
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
