Litebaby

Applied to property, refers to the right an author has in his own composition, so that no other person, without his leave, may publish or make profit of the copies: the production of an original work by the exertion of the rational powers.^ See CoPYEiGHi; Occupancy. In statutes exempting property devoted to literary purposes from taxation, " literary " has no fixed legal signification, but is to be taken in its ordinary meaning. "Literary iiistitutions " are those in which the positive sciences ai-e taught, or persons eminent for learning associate for purposes connected with their professions. It is not then, properly used, descriptive of a school for the instruction of youth.' Literary associations. See Association.