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Faggot Votes

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A faggot vote is where a man is formally possessed of a right to vote for members of parliament, without possessing the substance which the vote should represent; as if he is enabled to buy a property, and at the same moment mortgage it to its full value for the mere sake of the vote. Such a vote is called a "faggot vote."

See 7 & 8 Wm. III. c. 25, § 7. Wharton.