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bookright en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Calque of Old English bōcriht; equivalent to book + right.

Meanings

  1. (historical) The right of a will or charter
    • The control over land which bookright gave was vested in a preeminent building. 1962, John Francis McGovern, A reconsideration of two Anglo-Saxon land tenure terms:
    • However, they had one thing in common: in one way or another they all held rights in land that were derived from bookright. 2015, David Roffe, Decoding Domesday, page 179:

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bookright en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From book + right.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of book-right (“the right to a book or publication”).
    alt of book-right
    • In 1892 appeared my first serial in the Boys' Own Paper, of London, for which I received $190, and $125 more at a later date for the bookrights. 1903, William Henry Hills, Robert Luce, The Writer: A Monthly Magazine for Literary Workers:

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