copyhold tenant

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• 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Copyhold — Main article: Feudal land tenure At its origin in medieval England, copyhold tenure was tenure of land according to the custom of the manor, the title deeds being a copy of the record of the manorial court. The privileges granted to each tenant,… …   Wikipedia

• copyhold — /kop ee hohld /, n. 1. (formerly) a type of ownership of land in England, evidenced by a copy of the manor roll establishing the title. 2. an estate held under such ownership. [1400 50; late ME; see COPY, HOLD1] * * * In English law, a form of… …   Universalium

• copyhold — In England a species of estate at will, or customary estate, the only visible title to which consisted of the copies of the court rolls, which were made out by the steward of the manor, on a tenant s being admitted to any parcel of land, or… …   Black's law dictionary

• copyhold — In England a species of estate at will, or customary estate, the only visible title to which consisted of the copies of the court rolls, which were made out by the steward of the manor, on a tenant s being admitted to any parcel of land, or… …   Black's law dictionary

• copyhold estate — A form of English land tenure, unknown in this country, being an estate at will which was enrolled, thereby establishing the rights of the tenant and giving more permanency to his estate than an ordinary estate at will. Anno: 114 ALR 626 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• extinguishment of copyhold — The conversion of the tenure of a copyhold tenant to a freehold …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• surrender of copyhold — The mode of conveying or transferring copyhold property from one person to another by means of a surrender, which consisted in the yielding up of the estate by the tenant into the hands of the lord for such purposes as were expressed in the… …   Black's law dictionary

• Legal history of wills — Wills in the Ancient WorldThe will, if not purely Roman in origin, at least owes to Roman law its complete development, a development which in most European countries was greatly aided at a later period by ecclesiastics versed in Roman law. In… …   Wikipedia

• gressume — /gres(y)am/ In English law, a customary fine due from a copyhold tenant on the death of the lord. Spelled also grassum, grossome, and gressame …   Black's law dictionary

• gressume — /gres(y)am/ In English law, a customary fine due from a copyhold tenant on the death of the lord. Spelled also grassum, grossome, and gressame …   Black's law dictionary