AVAIL of marriage, in Scots law, that casualty in ward-holding, by which the superior was intitled to a certain sum from his vassal, upon his attaining the age of puberty, as the value or avail of his tocher. See SCOTS LAW, tit. Of casualties due to the superior.
AVAIL of marriage
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