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Scot and lot

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Same as Lot and scot.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See Lot and Scot.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English law. The name of a customary contribution, laid upon all subjects according to their ability. Brown.

Defined under Scot in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Certain duties paid by those who exercised the elective franchise within cities and boroughs.^ A customary contribution laid on subjects according to their ability.'