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Mechanical device used in printing
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copyholder
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. mechanical device used in printing; holds the copy for the compositor
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Copyholder \Cop"y*hold`er\, n. (Eng. Law) One possessed of land in copyhold. (print.) A device for holding copy for a compositor. One who reads copy to a proof reader.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A copyholder is a device that holds the hand written or printed material being typed by a copy typist . They were used in the past with typewriters and are now used with computers and word processors like Writer or Word . Some copyholders stand independently ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A person who rented land under the copyhold system. 2 A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.
Usage examples of copyholder.
That if any copyholder or customary tenant of the said manor die, and leave his heir within the age of fourteen years, that then the nearest of kin and farthest from the land, have had, and ought to have the guardianship and custody of the body of such heir and his copyholds, held of that manor, so that at the next Court or Law-day he come in and challengeth the same, and to keep the same until the heir come to be of the age of fourteen years.
I have had frequent opportunities of observing that it is held, especially by the inferior class of copyholders, as sacred, and that they would, on no consideration, divert their tenements out of the customary order of inheritance.
That all the copyholds and customary messuages, lands, and tenements within the said manor are, and have been time out of mind, copyholds of inheritance, demised and demisable to the copyholders or customary tenants thereof, and their heirs in fee simple by copy of Court Roll, according to the custom of the said manor.
That it is lawful for any of the copyholders or customary tenants of the said manor, to let her, his, or their copyholds for one year, but not for any longer term, without a licence from the lord of the said manor.
That every copyholder of inheritance of the said manor may sell any of his coppices, under-woods, and rows, and use them at pleasure.
That all the copyholds and customary messuages, lands, and tenements within the said manor are, and have been time out of mind, copyholds of inheritance, demised and demisable to the copyholders or customary tenants thereof, and their heirs in fee simple by copy of Court Roll, according to the custom of the said manor.