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单词 headright
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headright in American English

(ˈhedˌrait)
noun
1. Law
a beneficial interest for each member of a Native American tribe in the tribal trust fund accruing from the lease of tribal oil, gas, and mineral rights, the sale of tribal lands, etc
2. U.S. History
a grant of land, usually 50 acres to a settler, given by certain colonies and companies in the 17th and 18th centuries
Word origin
[1695–1705, Amer.; head + right]

Examples of 'headright' in a sentence
headright

The tribe chief a retired lawyer chief, lawyer, explains that a third of headrights have now fallen outside the tribe.An individual 'headright', or share in the oil royalties, was worth some $13,000 - equivalent to an income of about $175,000 today.
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