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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quota, n. [e.m.E. quota (1668), med. L. quota (sc. pars ‘how great a part’) (1289), f. quot how many.] a. A proportional share payable by one to a total sum or amount. b. = Quot n. 1.a. 1663 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. II 320.
Neither condescending upon the species or kind of the said duty, whether victual or money, nor yet on the quota or quantity thereof 1680 Edinb. B. Rec. X 397. 1683 Edinb. Surgeons II 265.
And as for the quota of the upsett q^ch the said James Ker is to pay for his freedome in Edinburgh 1686 Conv. Burghs IV 64.
Two merks of excyse … for a help to make vp the quota of the king's annuity 1689 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII 470.
To pay … the wonted quota of the excyseb. c1630 Hope Minor Practicks (1726) 23.
The bishops of old had double jurisdiction, one spiritual … ; and the other civil … and to that effect appointed their officials … and such had power to confirm all testaments … and for confirming thereof, had their quota, which was vicesima pars of the defunct's part