Book Land
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English law. Land, also called charter land, which was held by deed under certain rents and fee services, and differed in nothing from free socage land. 2 Bl. Comm. 90. See 2 Spelman, English Works, 233, tit. "Of Ancient Deeds and Charters;" "Boc. Land."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In English Law. Land, also called charter-land, which was held by deed under certain rents and fee services, ai?d differed in nothing from free socage land. 2 Bla. Com. 90. See 2 Spelman, English Works 233, tit. Of Ancient Deeds and Charters; Boc-Land. Lai;d held by book, by a royal and ecclesiastical privilegium. Maitland, Domesday and Beyond 257. The church introduced the custom of conveying land by written documents. The "boc" or written charter was ecclesiastical in its origin. It was used by the king, the church or very great men. The practice never became common. 2' Holdsw. Hist. E. L. 14, 60.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In English law. Land, alsocalled “charter-land,” which was held by deed under certain rents and free services, and differed in nothing from free socage land, 2 Bl. Comm. 90.