...in Scotland I venture to say that there is nothing to ground & suspicion of such a right The merehet of women with us was simply the tax paid by the different clauses of bondmen and tenants and vaiwaljt when they gave their daughters in marriage, and thus deprived...

...daughters. . . Some learning has been brought to show that, on the Continent, this tax — mercheta mulierum — represented an ancient seignorial right...by the different classes of bondmen and tenants and The History of Haverel Wives. 135 Mag. A wae worth them filthy hureing dogs, if I wadna' a libbet them...

...Continent, this tax — mercheta mulicrum — represented an ancient seignorial right — the jus primez noctis. I have not looked carefully into the French...lord of their services, to which he was entitled jure tanguinis." Cosmo Innes' Scotch Legal Antiquities, pp. 54, 60, 53. See also the Transactions of the...

...carefully into the French authorities ; but I think there is no evidence of a custom so odious existlng in England ; and in Scotland, I venture to say that...lord of their services, to which he was entitled jure sangvinis." Cosmo Innes' Scotch Legal Antiquities, pp. 54, 60, 53. See also the Trcmsaetions of the...

...Scotland, I venture to say that there is nothing to ground a suspicion of such a right. The rnerchet of women with us was simply the tax paid by the different...services, to which he was entitled jure sanguinis." Cosmo Innes' Scotch Legal Antiquities, pp. 54, 60, 53. See also the Transactions of the Society of...

...1537, from very ferring me to these and other works on scanty and untrustworthy materials, Scots Law. I venture to say that there is nothing to ground a...services, to which he was entitled, jure sanguinis" i A similar view as to the real meaning of the marchet or Lord merchet in old Scots law was expressed...

...Scots Law. I venture to say that there is nothing to ground a suspicion of such a right. The merchet ot women with us was simply the tax paid by the different...services, to which he was entitled, jure sanguinis" J A similar view as to the real meaning of the marchet or Lord merchet in old Scots law was expressed...

...Leipzig, 1894-95, i. 24. According to Cosmo Innes (' Lectures on Scotch Legal Antiquities,' p. 53), " the merchet of women with us was simply the tax paid...services to which he was entitled jure sanguinis" 65. 25. The foundations of Alexander I. and David I. are dealt with by Bisset in his third book (vol....

...Scotland I venture to say that there is nothing to ground a suspicion of such и right. The шеге/iet of women with us was simply the tax paid by the different classes of bondmen and tenants and vassala when they gave their daughters in marriage, and thus deprived the lord of their services, to...