BOOKLANDS

Noun

booklands

plural of bookland

Source: Wiktionary


BOOKLAND

Book"land`, Bock"land`, n. Etym: [AS. b; b book + land land.] (O. Eng. Law)

Definition: Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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