DUPLEX VALOR MARITAGII

duplex valor maritagii (d[y]oo-pleks val-[schwa]r mar-[schwa]-tay-jee-I), n. [Law Latin “double the value of a marriage”] Hist. A ward’s forfeiture of double the value of a marriage made without the guardian’s consent. • In the quotation that follows, Blackstone uses the accusative form (duplicem valorem maritagii) because the phrase follows the verb forfeited. “For, while the