noun
definition
A former form of tenure in which the title deeds were a copy of the manorial roll.
Examples of copyhold in a Sentence
The Copyhold Consolidation Act 1894 supersedes six previous copyhold statutes, but does not effect any alteration in the law concerning enfranchisement.
Thus his name is associated with the Fines and Recoveries Abolition Act 1833; the Inheritance Act 1833; the Dower Act 1833; the Real Property Limitation Act 1833; the Wills Act 1837; one of the Copyhold Tenure Acts 1841; and the Judgments Act 1838.
The increase of copyhold under Abbot John de Rutherwyk led to discontent, the tenants in 1381 rising and burning the rolls.
Bargain and sale of copyhold estates, which operates at common law, is still a mode of conveyance in England in the case of a sale by executors, where a testator has directed a sale of his estate to be made, instead of devising it to trustees upon trust to sell.
Two years later there was a serious riot against the increase of copyhold.
The personal condition of villenage did not, however, disappear at once with the rise of copyhold.
Escheat is also an incident of copyhold tenure.
The house was held by copyhold of the Manor and Honor of Hampton Court, as were all the properties in the area.
Free and copyhold messuages along the edge of the waste where it adjoined the cultivated fields suggest that the road pre-dated the fields.
It was evidently distinct from the copyhold tenement called Fosters.
The 1922 Law of Property Act finally abolished copyhold tenure.
This demesne land, originally held at the will of the lord, in course of time came to acquire fixity of tenure, and developed into the modern copyhold (see MANOR).
This is effected by the recognition of copyhold tenure (see Copyhold) .