The right to extract minerals from beneath a piece of land (now usually in plural); the land over which this right is held; the document conveying this right.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Penny Cyclopaedia.
Definition of mineral right in US English:
mineral right
noun
The right to extract minerals from beneath a piece of land (now usually in plural); the land over which this right is held; the document conveying this right.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Penny Cyclopaedia.