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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) copyhold
(formerly) a type of ownership of land in England, evidenced by a copy of the manor roll establishing the title.

2. copyhold
an estate held in copyhold.

Etymology: (1400–50)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) copyhold
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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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) copyhold
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

2. (noun) copyhold
land held in copyhold

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