headrightn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛdrʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈhɛdˌraɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, right n.

Etymology: < head n.¹ + right n.

North American. Now historical.

The right to own a particular piece of unsettled land, as granted to an individual fulfilling certain requirements; a piece of land thus granted.Esp. with reference to the settlement of Virginia and some other colonies in the 17th cent., and of Texas in the early 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [noun] > rights of occupying ground or land

headright1703

groundage1721

squatter's right1854

1703 Minutes Board of Property Province of Pennsylvania (1893) I. 378 A Warrant..for 100 acres of Land to Eliz'th Pott,..being her and her Daughter's head-right.

1799 in O. A. Rothert Hist. Muhlenberg County (1913) 45 Colonel William Campbell's head-right..adjoining the lands [etc.].

1837 Laws of Texas (1838) I. 266 So much of the vacant lands..to be surveyed and sectionized..as will be sufficient to satisfy all claims..for scrip sold, soldiers' claims, and head rights.

1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier i. 13 He owned the headright of 160 acres on which his house was built.

1922 T. J. Wertenbaker Planters Colonial Virginia iv. 61 The headright..belonged not to the servant himself, but to the person who paid for his transportation.

1989 D. H. Fischer Albion's Seed 606 In Virginia, headrights had been granted for Irish servants before 1630.

2007 F. E. Grizzard & D. B. Smith Jamestown Colony p. xlv Each person arriving [in Virginia] after 1616 and paying his or another's way received the 50-acre headright and paid the quitrent fee.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1803 in Laws Kentucky (1807) II. cxxxi. 272 All lands for which a certificate has been, or may be granted by virtue of any of the before recited acts, shall remain subject to the demand of the state for the money due therefor as head right land.

1898 Southwestern Reporter 42 612/1 The owner of a headright certificate for 640 acres sold an undivided 100-acre interest in it.

1932 A. M. Sakolski Great Amer. Land Bubble vi. 142 Four early governors of the state [sc. Georgia] granted lands in large quantities to single persons without the slightest authority under the law, and contrary to all laws on the subject of ‘head right’ grants.

1992 A. Fisher Day Trips in Delmarva xvii. 250 The pace at which vacant land was patented increased greatly when the headright system was replaced by a new set of requirements for acquiring title.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	headright
释义	headrightn. Brit. /ˈhɛdrʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌraɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, right n. Etymology: < head n.¹ + right n. North American. Now historical. The right to own a particular piece of unsettled land, as granted to an individual fulfilling certain requirements; a piece of land thus granted.Esp. with reference to the settlement of Virginia and some other colonies in the 17th cent., and of Texas in the early 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [noun] > rights of occupying ground or land headright1703 groundage1721 squatter's right1854 1703 Minutes Board of Property Province of Pennsylvania (1893) I. 378 A Warrant..for 100 acres of Land to Eliz'th Pott,..being her and her Daughter's head-right. 1799 in O. A. Rothert Hist. Muhlenberg County (1913) 45 Colonel William Campbell's head-right..adjoining the lands [etc.]. 1837 Laws of Texas (1838) I. 266 So much of the vacant lands..to be surveyed and sectionized..as will be sufficient to satisfy all claims..for scrip sold, soldiers' claims, and head rights. 1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier i. 13 He owned the headright of 160 acres on which his house was built. 1922 T. J. Wertenbaker Planters Colonial Virginia iv. 61 The headright..belonged not to the servant himself, but to the person who paid for his transportation. 1989 D. H. Fischer Albion's Seed 606 In Virginia, headrights had been granted for Irish servants before 1630. 2007 F. E. Grizzard & D. B. Smith Jamestown Colony p. xlv Each person arriving [in Virginia] after 1616 and paying his or another's way received the 50-acre headright and paid the quitrent fee. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1803 in Laws Kentucky (1807) II. cxxxi. 272 All lands for which a certificate has been, or may be granted by virtue of any of the before recited acts, shall remain subject to the demand of the state for the money due therefor as head right land. 1898 Southwestern Reporter 42 612/1 The owner of a headright certificate for 640 acres sold an undivided 100-acre interest in it. 1932 A. M. Sakolski Great Amer. Land Bubble vi. 142 Four early governors of the state [sc. Georgia] granted lands in large quantities to single persons without the slightest authority under the law, and contrary to all laws on the subject of ‘head right’ grants. 1992 A. Fisher Day Trips in Delmarva xvii. 250 The pace at which vacant land was patented increased greatly when the headright system was replaced by a new set of requirements for acquiring title. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1703
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