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Morning Gift

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A gift made by the bridegroom to the bride the day after marriage. 2 Holdsw. Hist. E. L. 76. It was the purchase price or morgengifu of the heathen Germans; id. 77.