copyholder
Example Sentences
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This copyholder was undoubtedly the descendant of the Welsh serf of mediaeval times.
From Short History of Wales by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir
Most former voters and every leaseholder and every copyholder were excluded.
From Our Legal Heritage by Reilly, S. A.
He drove a delivery wagon for a grocer, ushered at a theater, was even a copyholder in the proofroom of a newspaper.
From The Vision Splendid by Raine, William MacLeod
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
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
