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copyholds

copyholds is the plural of copyhold.

Meaning of copyhold

Noun

copyhold (countable and uncountable, plural copyholds)

  1. (historical) A former form of tenure in which the title deeds were a copy of the manorial roll.
    • […]this quiz with all the strange old terms in it, curtilage and messuage and socage and fee simple and fee tail and feoffee and copyhold and customary freehold and mortmain and devises and lēx locī reī sitae.1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest, page 311

Questions about copyholds

What is copyholds the plural of?
Copyholds is the plural of copyhold.

Words near copyholds in the dictionary

  1. copyhold
  2. copyholder
  3. copyholders
  4. copyholding
  5. copyholdings
  6. copyholds
  7. copying
  8. copying and pasting
  9. copying down
  10. copying paper
  11. copying press

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