BOCLAND, BOCKLAND or BOOKLAND, in Anglo Saxon law, a grant of folkland (q.v.) by the king, with the consent of the witan, at first usually to the church, occasionally to laymen for religious purposes. It was a grant of lordship and revenues, and perhaps of jurisdiction also. The grantee by the terms of the charter or book might possess powers equivalent to those of a modern tenant in fee simple. He might dispose of the land by will or make grants out of it to dependents.