valor maritagii
valor maritagii (val-[schwa]r mar-[schwa]-tay-jee-I). [Latin] Hist. The value of a marriage. • Under ancient tenures, this was the amount that a female ward forfeited to a guardian when the guardian had offered her a marriage without disparagement (inequality), and she refused. In feudal law, the guardian in chivalry had the right of tendering to a […]