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Marchet; Merchet
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.