- merchet
- /marchat/mar"/ In feudal law, a fine or composition paid by inferior tenants to the lord for liberty to dispose of their daughters in marriage. The same as marcheta (q.v.)
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
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Merchet — A merchet was a fine paid on a marriage during the Middle Ages in England. The word derives from the plural form of daughter, merched, in old Welsh. A peasant would pay a merchet to his lord upon the marriage of a woman. The justification for… … Wikipedia
Merchet — Marchet Mar chet, Merchet Mer chet, n. [LL. marcheta; of uncertain origin.] 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Merchet — … Википедия
Merchet — A *fine paid to a lord for permission for a daughter to marry; its value was variable, according to the wealth or poverty of the father. The lord needed recompense for the loss to his *manor of the daughter s future children and their potential… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Merchet — 1) Payment due to a manorial lord upon marriage. (Bennett, Judith M. Women in the Medieval English Countryside, 234) 2) A payment by unfree tenants for the right to marry off daughters or other female relatives. (Waugh, Scott. England in the… … Medieval glossary
merchet — /marchat/mar / In feudal law, a fine or composition paid by inferior tenants to the lord for liberty to dispose of their daughters in marriage. The same as marcheta (q.v.) … Black's law dictionary
merchet — Same as marcheta … Ballentine's law dictionary
merchet — variant of marchet … Useful english dictionary
Jean-Dominique Merchet — est un journaliste français spécialisé dans les questions militaires. Biographie Il est né le 26 octobre 1959 à Besançon et fut élève de l Institut d études politiques de Grenoble. Passionné par les questions militaires, il a été pendant vingt… … Wikipédia en Français
Formariage — Merchet The sum commonly paid by a serf to his lord when the serf s daughter marries a man from another manor. ♦ Fine on marriage to an individual not dependent on the same lord. (Duby, Georges. Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West … Medieval glossary
