copyholder

Example Sentences

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Most former voters and every leaseholder and every copyholder were excluded.

From Our Legal Heritage by Reilly, S. A.

The rise of the copyholder from a state of uncertainty to certainty of tenure appears to have been very gradual.

From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various

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

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.

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 Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)