copyhold
/ˈkɑpiˌhoʊld/
noun
- A type of land ownership in English history where a person held land by permission of the lord of the manor, with the terms recorded in the manor's court records.
- Copyhold was a common form of land tenure in medieval England.
- Many copyhold rights were eventually converted to freehold ownership.
- The farmer's family had lived on the land under copyhold for generations.
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