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Definition of Maritage
1. the right of a feudal superior to arrange the marriage of a vassals heir [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maritage
Literary usage of Maritage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rerum Britannicarum Medii ævi Scriptores: Or, Chronicles and Memorials of by Great Britain Public Record Office (1878)
"And what if a man has given to one of his daughters, in her legitimate widowhood,
all her maritage ? The same thing will have to be said as before. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"... Marion i maritage, i. "The casualty by which the superior was entitled to a
certain sum of money, to be paid by the heir of his former vassal, ..."
3. Liber Albus: The White Book of the City of London by John Carpenter, Henry Thomas Riley (1861)
"It was therefore awarded, that the before-named Andrew should forfeit the value
of the maritage of the before-named Alice, daughter of Robert ..."
4. Transactions by Ohio State Dental Society, American Ethnological Society, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (1854)
"A few days after, on the 12th March, the coal district maritage, at Seraing, in
the Province of Liege, became in its turn the scene of a catastrophe, ..."
5. Cyclopedia of Law by Charles Erehart Chadman (1912)
"Value of the maritage. ... Value of the maritage. Versus.—Against. Vice Versa.—The
terms being exchanged (reversed). ..."
6. On the History and Use of the Suffixes -ery (-ry), -age, and -ment in English by Fredrik Gadde (1910)
"I shall here say a few words on the use of -age in formations like socage 'a
tenure of land', and maritage 'right of exacting a fine for marriage of the ..."
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