copyholder

Example Sentences

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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

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)

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

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

From German Culture Past and Present by Bax, Ernest Belfort

However, in the reign of Edward IV. this was put out of doubt by the judges, who permitted the copyholder to bring his action of trespass against the lord for dispossession.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry