to demand immediate marriage on pain of death.
It is said that some, mainly Tausugs, go so far as to bring a knife. The scenario goes like this: A suitor brings a knife
and prostrates himself before the parents of the girl, showing his willingness to die if he cannot marry. The parents of the
girl may kill the suitor if they wish and in one case, that supposedly happened, with no recrimination against the parents
of the girl.
If the girl does not want to get married, you immediately demand marriage. Well now, then there is nothing they can do.