Scot and Lot. The old legal phrase Scot (A.S. secat, 'pay') and Lot embraced all parochial assessments for the poor, the church, lighting, cleansing, and watching. Previously to the Reform Act the right of voting for members of parliament and for municipal officers was, in various English boroughs, exclusively vested in payers of Scot and Lot.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 236
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