A faggot vote Is where a man is formally possessed of a right tovote for members of parliament , without possessing the substance which the voteshould represent; as if he is enabled to buy a property, and at the same moment mortgageit to its full value for the mere sake of the vote. Such a vote is called a “faggotvote.” See 7 & 8 Wm. III. c. 25,
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