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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.