Marcheta
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In old Scotch law. A custom for the lord of a fee to lie the first night with the bride of his tenant Abolished by Malcolm III.
Spelman; 2 Bl. Comm. 83.
A fine paid by the tenant for the remission of such right, originally a mark or half a mark of sllver.
Spelman.
In old English law
A fine paid for leave to marry, or to bestow a daughter in marriage.
Cowell.