Feudal Law. = maritage, n. 3. Obsolete (historical in later use).

In medieval Wales: a fee payable to a lord on the marriage of a woman of his demesne. Cf. merchet, n.

Feudal Law. The right possessed by a feudal superior (in England only by the king) of exacting a sum of money for the marriage of a vassal (perhaps…

In medieval and early modern Wales: the payment of the amobr (see amobr, n.); the proceeds of such a payment.

(see quot.).