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New trial
of the party for whom they had afterwards found a verdict, or if they determine their verdict by lot, or if any of them had declared that the plaintiff should never have a verdict. (4) Absence, etc.,
Inch of candle
mode of sale at one time in use among merchants; the goods to be sold were divided into lots, and at the sale a small piece of candle, about an inch long, was kept burning, and the
Escot
tax formerly paid in boroughs and corporations towards the support of the community, which is called scot and lot
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Electoral franchise
burgage holders (see BURGAGE TENURE), in others by those paying what corresponded to local rates (see SCOT AND LOT), in others by the potwallers (q.v.), and in others these different qualifications, or some of them, were combined.
Dole
Dole, the act of distribution or dealing; a portion or lot; a boundary mark, e.g., a post or mound of earth; also popularly employed to denote sums to which
Decimation
Decimation, signifies tithing, or paying a tenth part. The punishing every tenth soldier by lot for mutiny or other failure of duty was termed decimatio legionis by the Romans.
Constitution
document which must grow and it must take stock of the vast socio-economic problems, particularly, of improving the lot of the common man consistent with his dignity and the unity of the nation, His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati
Complete destruction
effectually took away the use of the landing by washing away all but a shallow fragment of the lot. ... Upon the termination of lease in advance of the expiration of the term, by reason of the
Chit
periodical instalments over a definite period and that each such subscriber shall, in his turn, as determined by lot or by auction or by tender or in such other manner as may be specified in the chit
Anhlote
Anhlote, a single tribute or tax, paid according to the custom of the country as scot and lot, Leges Wm. I. c. 64.
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