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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

A daughter's marriage portion

In feudal law, the right in a lord, of whom land was held by knight-service, to control the marriage of his vassal's daughter.

See Feud; Marital; Marriage, 2.

MABITATi.3 Pertaining or belonging to a husband: as, marital rights, and duties.

See Jas, Mariti; Separate, 2.