noun. In England, a tenure of lands of a manor, according to the custom of the manor, and 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, which contain entries of the admission of the original or former tenant, his surrender to the use of another, or alienation, or his death, and the claim and admission of the heir or devisee.

noun. Land held in copyhold.

noun. 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.

noun. Land held in copyhold.

noun. A former form of tenure in which the title deeds were a copy of the manorial roll

noun. a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services

"All who have at any time owned or purchased what is known as copyhold land might be supposed to know something of the nature of the title on which such land is held."

enfranchisement of copyhold lands  

copyholder  

land tenure  tenure  

better-off  captain  fifth-floor  freehold  globe-trotter  

equitable estate  estate at sufferance  estate for life  estate for years  estate in expectancy