Privileged Copyholds
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Those copyholds which are held according to the customs of the manor, and not according to the will of the lord. They include ancient demesne and customary freehold. 2 Wooddeson, Lect. 33-49; Lee, Real Prop. 63; 1 Crabb, Real Prop. 709, 919; 2 Bl. Comm. 100.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Those copyholds which are held according to the custom of the manor and not according to the will of the lord. They include ancient demesne and customary freehold. See Customary Copyhold; 2 Woodd. Lect. 33; Lee, Abs. 63; 1 Crabb, R. P. 709, 919; 2 Bla. Com. 100.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
See Copyhold.
—.Privileged debts. Those which an executor or administrator may pay in preference to others; such as funeral expenses, servants' wages, and doctors' bills during last sickness, etc.
Defined under Privileged in Black's Law Dictionary.