bookright

English

Alternative forms

• book-right

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bookright (plural bookrights)

1. (historical) The right of a will or charter
   • 1962, John Francis McGovern, A reconsideration of two Anglo-Saxon land tenure terms:

     The control over land which bookright gave was vested in a preeminent building.

   • 2015, David Roffe, Decoding Domesday, page 179:

     However, they had one thing in common: in one way or another they all held rights in land that were derived from bookright.

Etymology 2

From book +‎ right.

Noun

bookright (plural bookrights)

1. Alternative form of book-right (“the right to a book or publication”)
   • 1903, William Henry Hills, Robert Luce, The Writer: A Monthly Magazine for Literary Workers:

     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.