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Copyhold
particular custom, is entitled to a certain portion of her husband's lands, which varies in quantity, as a half, a third, a fifth, or the whole. It is called her free-bench. It is generally an estate for … Copyholds were forfeited to the lord of the manor, and not to the Crown, unless by the express swords of an Act of Parliament, by the tenant being attainted of treason or felony; and are still so
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