paternity

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.
2. (countable, uncountable)Parental descent from a father.
3. (countable, uncountable)Legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Authorship.

   “The author asserted her right to paternity on the book's copyright page.”