copyhold

/ˌkɒp.iːˈhəʊld/

Etymology

From copy + hold.

copyhold means A former form of tenure in which the title deeds were a copy of the manorial roll. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

copyhold is pronounced /ˌkɒp.iːˈhəʊld/.

noun

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.”