qualification

,—implies frequently, the quantum of money necessary for a representative in Parliament to possess, before he shall be supposed to have sufficient knowledge to give his aye or no upon the weighty affairs of the nation.

Entry taken from Political Dictionary, edited by Charles Pigott from prison and printed in 1795.

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