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.

Copyholds do not exist in the United States.

 

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