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Mrvined - An expression used of  ao
                                                                  Should  her  husband  pre-decease
                               animal having  the lower  parts  of  a  her she will  then,  as a widow, bear
                               fish.
                                                                ha paternal anns on a Iozenge.
                               Maiqoess - The second rank in the  Marshaïkg - 1s  the art of  arrang-
                               peerage  of  England  being  beIow  a  ing  several  coats  of  arms  on  one
                               Duke  but  above  an  Earl. The  iîrst  shield  generally  for  the  purpose  of
                               marquas  was  created  by  King  denoting  the  alliances  of  a  family.
                               Richard II in  1386.
                                                                The  system  is  divided  into  two
                                                                parts.
                               Manied  Women  -  A  married
                                                                  1. Temporary and  non-hereditary
                               woman.  through  the  right  of  cour-  combinations  such  as  the  hpale-
                               tesy,  may  bear  on  a  shield  her  ment  of  arms  of  husband  and  wife
                               paternal arms impaled with  those of
                                                                and  the  impalernent  of  personal
                               her husband. If  her husband  is non-  arms with  those of  an  office.
                               armigerous she continues to use her
                                                                  2. The permanent  and  hereditary
                               paternal  arms  only  borne  upon  a  combination  of  arms  as in  the case
                               lozenge as was ber right before mu- where a man marries an heiress and
                                                                his  issue  who succeed  to  the  arms
                               riage.
                                 Shouid  she  happen  to  be  an  of  thejr  mother  as  well  as  their
                               heiress she  bears  her  arms impaled  father.
                               with  those  of  her  husband  during
                                                                  The system can best  be shown by
                               the  lifetime  of  her  father  and,  on  means  of  a  simple  diagarn  as
                               her father's death, her paternal anns  f ollows:
                               are  borne  on  an  inescutcheon  of
                                                                  The diagram  shows the  principle
                               pretence  which  is  placed  in  the  of  Marshalling tl~e Ams of  husband
                               centre of her  husband's  bearings.
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