frankmarriage

Hist. An entailed estate in which the donor retains control of the land by refusing to accept feudal services from the donee (usu. the donor’s daughter) for three generations.

• If the donee’s issue fail in that time, the land returns to the donor. A donor who accepted homage (and the corresponding services arising from it) from the donee risked losing control of the land to a collateral heir. After three generations — a time considered sufficient to demonstrate that the line was well established — the donee’s heir could insist on paying homage; doing so transformed the estate into a fee simple.

— Also termed liberum maritagium. See MARITAGIUM.

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