Copyhold
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A tenure by copy of courtroll. Any species of holding by particular custom of the manor. The estate so held. A copyhold estate was originally an estate at the will of the lord, agreeably to certain customs evidenced by entries on the roll of the courts baron.
Co. Litt. 58 a; 2 Bla. Com. 95; 1 Poll. & M. 351, 357.
It is a villenage tenure deprived of its servile incidents. The doctrine of copyhold is of no application in the United States.
Wms. R. P. 257, 258, Rawle's note; 1 Washb. R. P. 26.
See Villein.
See Villein.