Marcheta
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
marchetuin, merchetnm, marchet, merchet.
In old English law
A fine paid for leave to marry, or to bestow a daughter in marriage; a maid's fee. In old Scots law. A custom for the lord of a fee to lie the first night with the bride of his tenant; a fine paid by the tenant for the remission of such right