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scrawl. See SCROLL(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

scratching the ticket.A party member’s rejection of a candidate on a regular party ticket by canceling the candidate’s name or by voting for one or more nominees of the opposing political party. [Blacks Law 8th]

SCPA.abbr. SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP PROTECTION ACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

scrap value.See salvage value under VALUE(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

scrambling possession.See POSSESSION. [Blacks Law 8th]

scottare (sk<<schwa>>-tair-ee), vb.[Law Latin] Hist. To pay a tax. [Blacks Law 8th]

Scotch verdict.See NOT PROVEN. [Blacks Law 8th]

Scotch marriage.See MARRIAGE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

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. [Blacks Law 8th]

scotal (skot-<<schwa>>l).Hist. An extortionary practice by which forest officers forced people to patronize the officers’ alehouses, often in exchange for the officers’ ignoring forest offenses. • This practice was prohibited in 1217 by the Charter of the Forest, ch. 7. — Also spelled scotale (skot-ayl). [Blacks Law 8th]