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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Copyhold \Cop"y*hold`\, n. (Eng. Law)
a 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. --Blackstone.
b Land held in copyhold. --Milton.
Note: Copyholds do not exist in the United States.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
copyhold
n : 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
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