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(n.) In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Merchet'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/merchet.html. 1828.
 
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