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bookright

bookright noun: the right of a will or charter. Also the alternative form of book-right.

Noun

bookright (plural bookrights)

  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

Also used as

bookright is also the alternative form of book-right.

Forms of bookright

pluralbookrights
alternative formbook-right

Origin of bookright

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

From book + right.

Questions about bookright

What does bookright mean?
Bookright means the right of a will or charter.
What part of speech is bookright?
Bookright is a noun.
What is the plural of bookright?
The plural of bookright is bookrights.

Words near bookright in the dictionary

  1. Bookram
  2. bookreading
  3. bookreadings
  4. bookrest
  5. bookrests
  6. bookright
  7. bookrights
  8. bookroll
  9. bookrolls
  10. bookroom
  11. bookrooms

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