forfeiture of marriage

Hist. A penalty exacted by a lord from a ward who married without the lord’s consent.

• The penalty was a money payment double the value that the marriage would otherwise have been worth to the lord.

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资深译员Ting，亚洲顶尖法学院国际贸易专业，擅长翻译各类与国际贸易委员会调查程序相关的法律文件。