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Marchet
In old English and in Scots law a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenants daughters … In old English and in Scots law a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one
Tenure
tenure or holding is said to derive from feudalism, which separated the dominium directum (the dominion of the soil), which it placed mediately, or immediately, in the Crown, from the dominium utile (the possessory title), the right … in the 12th Sch., s. 5, of the Law of Property Act, 1925. See COPYHOLD; ESCHEAT. Terce, thirds; Scots term. See WIDOW'S TERCE. Tenure means the period for which an incumbent of office holds it, Union of
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