The possession of a fireplace for boiling a pot, qualifying a man as an enfranchised householder or potwaller (potwaller, n.).
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| 释义 | society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > one of principles on which right based > specific (7) pot-walling1455 The possession of a fireplace for boiling a pot, qualifying a man as an enfranchised householder or potwaller (potwaller, n.). property qualification1794 a qualification for office (e.g. as a member of parliament), or for the exercise of a right (e.g. that of voting), based on the possession of a… pot-wobbling1796 = pot-walloping, adj. 1. household suffrage1819 the right of voting in parliamentary or other elections, consequent upon being a householder (see householder, n. 2). fancy franchise1859 Calling forth or resulting from the exercise of fancy or caprice. fancy franchise: one based on an arbitrarily determined qualification (see quot… occupation franchise1862 the right to vote at a parliamentary election as a tenant or occupier. lodger-franchise1867 a right to vote conferred by statute in 1867 upon persons in boroughs occupying lodgings of an annual rental value of at least £10; in 1884 it was… |
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