bockland

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bockland \Bock"land\, n.
   See {Bookland}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bookland \Book"land`\, Bockland \Bock"land`\, n. [AS.
   b[=o]cland; b[=o]c book + land land.] (O. Eng. Law)
   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.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
BOCKLAND, Eng. law. The name of an ancient allodial tenure, which was exempt 
from feudal services. Bac. Ab. Gavelkind, A Spelman's English Works, vol. 2, 
233. 
    

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