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==Abolition== {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Copyhold Act 1841 | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = An Act for the Commutation of certain Manorial Rights in respect of Lands of Copyhold and Customary Tenure, and in respect of other Lands subject to such Rights, and for facilitating the Enfranchisement of such Lands, and for the Improvement of such Tenure. | year = 1841 | citation = [[4 & 5 Vict.]] c. 35 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | royal_assent = 21 June 1841 | commencement = | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = Copyhold Act 1894 | related_legislation = | status = Repealed | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = https://archive.org/details/statutesunitedk25britgoog/page/n171/ | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Copyhold Act 1843 | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = | year = 1843 | citation = [[6 & 7 Vict.]] c. 23 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | royal_assent = | commencement = | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = Copyhold Act 1894 | related_legislation = | status = Repealed | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Copyhold Act 1844 | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = | year = 1844 | citation = [[7 & 8 Vict.]] c. 55 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | royal_assent = 29 July 1844 | commencement = | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | amendments = [[Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2)]] | repealing_legislation = Copyhold Act 1894 | related_legislation = | status = Repealed | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Copyhold Act 1852 | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = | year = 1852 | citation = [[15 & 16 Vict.]] c. 51 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | royal_assent = 30 June 1852 | commencement = | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | amendments = [[Statute Law Revision Act 1875]] | repealing_legislation = Copyhold Act 1894 | related_legislation = | status = Repealed | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Copyhold Act 1858 | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = An Act to amend the Copyhold Acts. | year = 1858 | citation = [[21 & 22 Vict.]] c. 94 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | royal_assent = 2 August 1858 | commencement = | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = Copyhold Act 1894 | related_legislation = | status = Repealed | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Copyhold Act 1887 | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = | year = 1887 | citation = [[50 & 51 Vict.]] c. 73 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | royal_assent = | commencement = | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = Copyhold Act 1894 | related_legislation = | status = Repealed | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Copyhold Act 1894 | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = An Act to consolidate the Copyhold Acts. | year = 1894 | citation = [[57 & 58 Vict.]] c. 46 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = England and Wales | royal_assent = 25 August 1894 | commencement = | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = {{ubli|Copyhold Act 1841|Copyhold Act 1843|Copyhold Act 1844|Copyhold Act 1852|Copyhold Act 1858|Copyhold Act 1887}} | amendments = | repealing_legislation = [[Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969]] | related_legislation = | status = Repealed | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1894/46/pdfs/ukpga_18940046_en.pdf | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} Copyholds were gradually enfranchised (turned into ordinary holdings of land – either [[freehold (real property)|freehold]] or [[999-year lease|999-year]] [[leasehold]]) as a result of the Copyhold Acts during the 19th century. By this time, servitude to the lord of the manor was merely token, discharged on purchasing the copyhold by payment of a "fine in respite of [[fealty]]". The '''{{visible anchor|Copyhold Act 1841}}''' ([[4 & 5 Vict.]] c. 35), '''{{visible anchor|Copyhold Act 1843}}''' ([[6 & 7 Vict.]] c. 23), '''{{visible anchor|Copyhold Act 1844}}''' ([[7 & 8 Vict.]] c. 55), '''{{visible anchor|Copyhold Act 1852}}''' ([[15 & 16 Vict.]] c. 51), '''{{visible anchor|Copyhold Act 1858}}''' ([[21 & 22 Vict.]] c. 94) and '''{{visible anchor|Copyhold Act 1887}}''' ([[50 & 51 Vict.]] c. 73) were consolidated in the '''{{visible anchor|Copyhold Act 1894}}''' ([[57 & 58 Vict.]] c. 46).<ref>[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1894/46/pdfs/ukpga_18940046_en.pdf Copyhold Act 1894]</ref> Part V of the [[Law of Property Act 1925]] finally abolished all remaining statutes.
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