English → Latin
“copy-hold” in Latin
emphyteusisemphyteusis, (a tenure of) hereditary leasehold, copyhold (a permanent tenure of land upon condition of cultivating it pemphyteumatype of hereditary leasehold in Roman law granted for the purpose of cultivation
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
copy-hold
emphyteusis (ἐμφύτενσις: this is the nearest term of Roman law, being thus defined in Justinian, lib., 3, 25, 3: [praedia] quae perpetuo quibusdam fruenda traduntur; id est, ut, quamdiu pensio sive reditus pro his domino praestetur, neque ipsi conductori, neque haeredi ejus, cuive conductor haeresve ejus id praedium vendiderit aut donaverit, aut dotis nomine dederit, aliove quocunque modo alienaverit, auferre liceat). A copy-hold estate, emphyteuma: praedium emphyteuticarium or emphyteuticum: ager beneficiarius or praedium beneficiarium (after Sen., Ep., 90, 2). To grant anybody a copy-hold lease, dare rem per emphyteusin (Cod. Just., 4, 66, 1); praedia alicui perpetuo fruenda tradere (Justinianus, Inst., 3, 25). The law of copy-hold, *eae leges, quae ad praedia emphyteuticaria pertinent: lex, quae emphyteuseos contractus propriam statuit naturam (Justinianus, Inst., lib., 3, 25).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for copy-hold?
- The usual Latin words for “copy-hold” are emphyteusis, emphyteuma. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.