scot and lot

noun

British History. a municipal tax assessed proportionately upon the members of a community.

scot and lot

history a municipal tax paid by burgesses and others that came to be regarded as a qualification for the borough franchise in parliamentary elections (until the Reform Act of 1832)

1275–1325; Middle English, rhyming phrase; scot, lot

C13 scot tax, from Germanic; compare Old Norse skot; related to Old French escot (French écot ) + lot (in the obsolete sense: tax)

Scot-and-lot voters were the independent electors of Lansmere, with the additional franchise of Freemen.

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