scot and lot
scot and lot. Hist. 1. The customary payment of a share of taxes based on one’s ability. 2. A municipal tax on the right to vote.
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lot and scot
lot and scot. Hist. A collection of duties paid by voters before voting in certain cities and boroughs.
anhlote
anhlote, n. Hist. A single tribute or tax paid according to custom, such as scot and lot. See SCOT AND LOT.
parishioner
parishioner n. 教民 指居住在堂区〔parish〕中的居民，在许多方面他们形成一个政治团体〔body politic〕。宗教改革之前教民仅指一种宗教身份，宗教改革后则具有了民事含义。在普通法中教民支付教役税〔scot and lot〕，组建堂区委员会〔vestry〕。
truck
Hist. Scots law. The payment of wages in scrip or goods. • Truck systems, once common where workers had to live in isolated areas and depended on company stores for food and clothing, were abolished in the 19th century.
maiden
maiden. 1. A young unmarried woman. 2. Scots law. An instrument used to behead criminals. • The Earl of Morton, who had introduced the instrument to Scotland, was the first to be executed by it, in 1581. It was the prototype of the guillotine. Hence, “to kiss the maiden was to be put to death.”
parapherna
parapherna (par-[schwa]-f[schwa]r-n[schwa]), n. [Greek “things brought on the side”] 1. Roman law. Property of a wife not forming part of her dowry. See DOS(1). 2. Scots law. A married woman’s personal property, such as clothing, jewelry, and intimate possessions, which a husband did not acquire by virtue of marriage. See JUS MARITI.
truck
truck. Hist. Scots law. The payment of wages in scrip or goods. • Truck systems, once common where workers had to live in isolated areas and depended on company stores for food and clothing, were abolished in the 19th century. “Truck was payment not in money but in goods or tickets which could be exchanged