scot and lot

Scot and lot: a parish tax paid according to ability.

The right of election is in the inhabitants paying scot and lot.

The right of election was held by householders paying scot and lot, a local tax.

The franchise was limited to (male) inhabitants paying scot and lot, a local tax.

In 1832 a new property based franchise replaced the scot and lot qualification.

At that time all the electors qualified by paying scot and lot, a local property tax.

The right to vote was exercised by all inhabitant householders paying scot and lot.

These were 37 boroughs in which the franchise was restricted to those paying scot and lot, a form of municipal taxation.

Thereafter the inhabitants of the five boroughs, paying scot and lot (a local tax), formed the electorate.

Aldborough was a "scot and lot" borough, meaning that any man paying the poor rate was eligible to vote.

Before the Reform Act 1832 the right to vote was held by the male inhabitants paying Scot and Lot (a kind of local property tax).

Inhabitants, inhabitant householders, inhabitants paying scot and lot, potwallers.

Sblood,'twas time to counterfeit, or that hot termagant Scot had paid me scot and lot too.

The Reform Act replaced the scot and lot franchise with an occupation franchise, which slightly reduced the size of the electorate.

The House of Commons reversed the decision of the previous Parliament and confirmed the scot and lot franchise.

The right to vote belonged to the Mayor, aldermen, members of the common council and all resident freemen of the borough who paid scot and lot.

This was because the value of the property occupation of which conferred a vote, was higher than that for houses upon which scot and lot became payable.

SCOT AND LOT, tax, contribution (formerly a parish assessment).

This reduced the number of qualified voters: under the scot and lot qualification around 70 people had had the right to vote, but by 1831 the number was only about 12.

The right to vote was disputed in the 18th century, but according to a judgment of 1796, belonged to those "free burgesses" who were resident householders paying scot and lot.

At least from the late 17th century, the right to vote in Stockbridge was exercised by all inhabitant householders who paid scot and lot, which generally amounted to about 100 voters.

Experienced men of the world know very well that it is best to pay scot and lot as they go along, and that a man often pays dear for a small frugality.

The right to vote was exercised by all inhabitants paying scot and lot, a relatively wide franchise for the period, and almost 2,000 votes were cast at the general election of 1826.

The franchises for the Welsh boroughs were freemen, scot and lot and corporation but in practice there were under the control of local patrons and contested elections were rare.

Bramber was a burgage borough - the vote was restricted to inhabitants of ancient houses in the borough, or those built on ancient foundations, who paid scot and lot.