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SOUL SCOT Definition & Legal Meaning

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A mortuary, or customary gift due ministers, in many parishes of Eng- land, on the death of parishioners. It was originally voluntary and intended as amends for ecclesiastical dues neglected to be paid in the life-time. 2 Bl. Comm. 425.

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