What is in old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters called?
marchet — In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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