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maritage Law.|ˈmærɪtɪdʒ|
[ad. med.L. marītāgium, a latinization of F. mariage marriage.]
†1. = dower, dowry 1, 2. Obs.
1502Arnolde Chron. 82 A wydou after y⊇ deth of her husbond..must haue maritage & her herytage whiche that her husbond and she helde yt day of the obyt of him her husbond. 1574tr. Littleton's Tenures 137 If y⊇ husbande of the wife alien the heritage or maritage of his wife. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. 29 b, Lands given as Maritage, or Tocher.
2. Hist. The right possessed by a feudal superior (in England only by the king) of exacting a fine for the marriage of a vassal; also, the profits accruing to the crown or lord from this source. Also in L. form maritagium.
The maritagia within a certain district were sometimes granted to a particular person or corporation.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 251/1 Maritages which K. John committed to his keeping at the daie of his death. 1851Orig. Paroch. Scotiæ I. 283 King Robert Bruce..in 1326 granted to the monks all wards, reliefs, maritages [etc.]..belonging to himself and heirs within the sheriffdom of Roxburgh. |