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copyhold

cop·y·hold [ kóppee hld ] (plural cop·y·holds)


noun 
Definition:
 
U.K. estate held by lord: a tenure of land held at the will of a landowner, originally a lord

[15th century. Because recorded in a transcript of the manorial court rolls]
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