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Copyhold

Hist. A base tenure requiring the tenant to provide the customary services of the manor, as reflected in the manor's court rolls. Copyhold tenure descended from pure villeinage; over time, the customs of the manor, as reflected on the manor's rolls, dictated what services a lord could demand from a copyholder. This type of tenure was abolished by the Law of Property Act of 1922, which converted copyhold land into freehold or leasehold land. - Also termed copyhold tenure; customary estate; customary freehold; tenancy by the verge; tenancy par la verge; tenancy by the rod. See base tenure under TENURE; vILLEINAGE.

Copyholder

Hist. A tenant by copyhold tenure. - Also termed tenant by the verge; tenant par la verge.

enfranchisement of copyhold

Hist. The conversion of copyhold into freehold tenure, by (1) a conveyance of the fee simple from the lord of the manor to the copyholder, (2) a release from the lord of all seigniorial rights, or (3) a release by the copyholder to the lord of the copyholder's interest in the estate. See COPYHOLD.

extinguishment of copyhold

The destruction of copyhold by a uniting of freehold and copyhold interests in the same person and in the same right. ( In England, under the 1922 Law of Property Act, copyholds were enfranchised and became either leasehold or, more often, freehold. See COPYHOLD.

surrender of copyhold

Hist. The transfer by a tenant of a copyhold estate by yielding it to the lord in trust for the transferee according to the terms in the surrender. ( In normal practice, the tenant went to the steward of the manor and delivered a rod, a glove, or other customary symbol, thereby conveying to the lord (through the steward) all interest and title to the estate, in trust, to be then granted by the lord to the transferee. See COPYHOLD.

wardship in copyholds

Wardship by which the lord is guardian of an infant tenant by special custom.