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Copyhold
Description:
Copyhold refers to a type of customary tenure, a legal arrangement under English land law during the feudal era. It involved land being held by a tenant in return for services or rent paid to a lord or higher-ranking individual. Such tenancy was recorded in a document known as a copyhold.
Senses:
- Noun: A form of land tenure during the feudal era.
- Noun: The legal document recording a copyhold.
- Noun: The land held under copyhold.
Sample Sentences:
- John's ancestors had copyhold of the manor for generations.
- The copyhold document was carefully stored in a secure archive.
- She inherited a small plot of land as copyhold when her father passed away.
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