merchet
Mar"chet, Mer"chet, n. Etym: [LL. marcheta; of uncertain origin.] Defn: 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.
Mar"chet, Mer"chet, n. Etym: [LL. marcheta; of uncertain origin.] Defn: 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.