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paternity

noun/pəˈtɜːnəti/

C2CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

The author's moral right to be identified as the creator of a work.

The ghost-written memoir waived the paternity right, so the real writer went uncredited.

Similar: attribution

Topic: Intellectual property in Legal English

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