MARCHET

marchet (mahr-chet). Hist. A fee paid by a feudal tenant to the lord so that the tenant’s daughter could marry someone outside the lord’s jurisdiction or so that the lord would waive the droit du seigneur. — Also termed marcheta; marchetum; merchet; mercheta; merchetum; maiden rent. See DROIT DU SEIGNEUR. “Any service which stamps the […]