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to his copyhold in court; and ſo the lord may be defrauded of his fine. But to this we may reply in the words of ſir Edward Coke[1], "I aſſure myſelf, if it were in the election of the heir to be admitted or not to be admitted, he would be beſt contented without admittance; but the cuſtom in every manor is in this point compulſory. For, either upon pain of forfeiture of their copyhold, or of incurring ſome great penalty, the heirs of copyholders are inforced, in every manor, to come into court and be admitted according to the cuſtom, within a ſhort time after notice given of their anceſtor's deceaſe."
- ↑ Copyh. §. 41.
