Marcheta
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Mercheta, I. 1.
In Scotch law, the right of the lord to pass the first night with the bride of his tenant. A fine for remitting such right.
2.
In England, a maid's fee; a fine paid the lord by a tenant on the marriage of his daughter.