copyhold

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cop=y=hold

CIDE DICTIONARY

copyhold, n. 

 A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court.  [1913 Webster]
" Copyholds do not exist in the United States."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

copyhold, n. Brit. hist.
1 tenure of land based on manorial records.
2 land held in this way.

Derivative

copyholder n.

THESAURUS

copyhold

equitable estate, estate at sufferance, estate for life, estate for years, estate in expectancy, estate in fee, estate in possession, estate tail, fee, fee simple, fee tail, feod, feodum, feud, feudal estate, fief, lease, leasehold, legal estate, paramount estate, particular estate, remainder, reversion, vested estate