MARCHET

Mar"chet, Mer"chet, n. Etym: [LL. marcheta; of uncertain origin.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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9 January 2025

PRESENTATION

(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”


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