- enfranchisement of copyhold
- The act of the lord of the manor in conveying a fee simple title to a copyholder, thus changing the tenure of the land from copyhold to freehold.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
enfranchisement of copyhold
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