copyhold estate
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Land held by a tenant by virtue of a copy of the roll made by the steward of the manor from the court-roll kept in the manor-house. It was ended by legislation in 1925.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “copyhold estate” mean?
Land held by a tenant by virtue of a copy of the roll made by the steward of the manor from the court-roll kept in the manor-house. It was ended by legislation in 1925.
Is “copyhold estate” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.