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▪ I. sett Sc.|sɛt|
Also 9 set.
[Possibly a use of set n.1 (though its relation to the other senses is difficult to assign); it may, however, be a. MLG. set, sette (also gesette = G. gesetz) ordinance, law, f. setten to set.]
The constitution or form of government of a burgh, fixed by charter.
1683(title) The Sett, and Decreet Arbitral of King James the 6th..containing the Fundamentall Principles of the Government of the City of Edinburgh. 1739in Edin. Antiq. Mag. (1849) 133 The Council of Dingwall, by the act of sett, consists of a Provest, two Bailies [etc.]. 1806Forsyth Beauties Scot. IV. 109 The set or constitution [of Kirkcaldy]. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. i, An anxious..discussion, concerning provosts, bailies, deacons, sets of boroughs [etc.]. 1838W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. s.v., The setts are either established by immemorial usage, or were at some time or other modelled by the convention of Burghs.
▪ II. sett
see set n.; also obs. f. set a. and v. |