BOCK'LAND, noun [book and land.] In old English laws, charter land, held by deed under certain rents and free-services, which differed nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.