right of first publication

Definitions of right of first publication
  1. noun
    a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
    synonyms: copyright
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    type of:
    legal right
    a right based in law
    document, papers, written document
    writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
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