Obs. exc. hist. [F. BOND sb.2 + HOLD: cf. copyhold, freehold.] Tenure in bond service, tenure of bond-land; a distinct sort of copyhold. Also attrib.

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1611.  Anct. Customs Knaresboro’ & Scriven (1844), 4. If any bondholder there die seized of six acres of bondhold land.

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