copyholder

Example Sentences

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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 Turnbull, A.

This copyholder was undoubtedly the descendant of the Welsh serf of mediaeval times.

From Short History of Wales by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir

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

The last was practically the counterpart of the mediæval English copyholder.

From German Culture Past and Present by Bax, Ernest Belfort

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