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Term: STENT
Definition: In Scottish law, a stent is a way of assessing or charging individuals or communities for taxation purposes. It is a property assessment that determines the amount of tax that needs to be paid. Essentially, it is a way of determining how much each person or community should contribute towards the overall tax burden.
Definition: In Scots law, stent refers to a property assessment made for taxation purposes. It can also be used as a verb to mean to assess or charge a person or community for taxation purposes.
Example 1: The local council conducted a stent to determine the property values in the area for tax purposes.
Example 2: The community was stented to pay for the construction of a new bridge.
These examples illustrate how stent is used in Scots law to refer to the process of assessing or charging individuals or communities for taxation purposes. The stent is used to determine the value of a property or the amount of tax that should be paid by a community.