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

He must, I think, himself have been a copyholder in his day, so feelingly does he deal with the detriments of a champion-holding.

From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

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

From Our Legal Heritage by Reilly, S. A.

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

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 Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir