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The seigniory of a marquis. … [Read more...] about MARQUISATE

The feast of St. Martin of Tours, on the 11th of November; sometimes corrupted into "Martilmas" or "Mar tlemas." It is the third of the four cross quarter days of the year. Wharton. … [Read more...] about MARTINMAS

Marriage, as distinguished from the agreement to marry and from the act of becoming married, is the civil status of one man and one woman united in law for life, for the discharge to each other and the community of the duties legally incumbent on those whose association is founded on the distinction of sex. A contract, according to the form prescribed by law, by which a man and … [Read more...] about MARRIAGE

In old Scotch law. A maire; an officer or executor of summons. Otherwise called "prceco regis." Skene. … [Read more...] about MARUS

By this expression is meant the act by which a person interferes, for a consideration to be received by him, between a man and a woman, for the purpose of promoting a marriage between them. The money paid for such service is also known by this name. 2. It is a doctrine of the courts of equity that all marriage brokage contracts are utterly void, as against public policy; and … [Read more...] about MARRIAGE BROKAGE