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'''Scot and lot''' (0. Fr. ''escot'', AS. ''sceot'', a payment; lot, a portion or share) is a phrase common in the records of [[England|English]] medieval [[borough]]s, applied to those householders who were, assessed for a tax (such as [[tallage]]) paid to the borough for local or national purposes. |
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They were usually members of a [[merchant guild]]. |
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Previous to the [[Reform Act of 1832]] those who paid scot and bore lot were often entitled to the [[Suffrage|franchise]]. |
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The phrase is preserved in the [[Disorderly Houses Act of 1751]], which empowers inhabitants of a parish or place paying scot and bearing lot therein (i.e. ratepayers) to require the constable of the parish to prosecute [[disorderly house]]s. |
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See D. P. Fry, "On the Phrase Scot and Lot", in ''Trans. Philological Society'' (1867), pp. 167-197; C. Gross, ''Gild Merchant'', i. c. iv.; Pollock and Maitland, ''Hist. Eng. Law'', p. 647. |
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==References== |
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[[Category:English law]] |
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