Copyhold

Tenure of manor lands by copy of court roU, at the will of the lord, according to the custom of the manor. Originally pure villeinage, it has gradually become divested of its base services and approached a state resembling socage, and the lord cannot evict without cause or against custom. Coram domino rege ubicunque tunc fuerit Anglise, I. Before [our] lord the King, wherever he shall then be in England. Coram ipso rege (before the King himself): in the K. B. Coram nobis: before us; a name given to a writ of error on a judgment in the K. B. If on a judgment in other courts it was coram vobis, before you. Hence, the latter term is used when the proceedings of another court are to be reviewed; the former, when the proceedings of a court are to be reviewed by itself. V. Error. Coram me vel justiciariis meis: before me or my justices. Coram non judice (before one not a judge): in a court having no jurisdiction. Coram paribus de vicineto: before the [his] peers of the neighborhood. Coram sectatoribus: hefore the suitors.