A faggot vote is where a man is formally possessed of a right to vote for members of parliament, without possessing the substauce which the vote should represent; as if he is enabled to buy a property, and at the same moment mort-gage it to its full vaiue for the mere sake of the vote. Such a vote is called a “faggbt vote." See 7 & 8 wm. III. c. 25, S 7. whar-ton
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
