A fine paid by a tenant or bondsman to his overlord for the right to give his daughter in marriage.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for privilege > [noun] > of giving daughter in marriage (2) merchet1493 A fine paid by a tenant or bondsman to his overlord for the right to give his daughter in marriage. daughterhood1771 A fine payable by a tenant to a feudal lord upon the marriage of the tenant's daughter; = merchet, n. Obsolete. rare. |
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