The expression "Scot free" is from an old English legal phrase. The word "Scot" is from the Anglo-Saxon "sceat," which means a payment or a tar- To the earlier part of the nineteenth century the assessment on the ratepayers of every English parish for the support of the poor, the Church, lighting, cleansing, and watching were imposed under the term "Scot and Lot." To be "Scot free," therefore, was to be free of the tax.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 205, 31 August 1933, Page 5
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