▪ I. sett Sc.
(sɛt)
Also 9 set.
[Possibly a use of set n.1 (though its relation to the other senses is difficult to assign); it may, however, be a. MLG. set, sette (also gesette = G. gesetz) ordinance, law, f. setten to set.]
The constitution or form of government of a burgh, fixed by charter.
| 1683 (title) The Sett, and Decreet Arbitral of King James the 6{supt}{suph}..containing the Fundamentall Principles of the Government of the City of Edinburgh. 1739 in Edin. Antiq. Mag. (1849) 133 The Council of Dingwall, by the act of sett, consists of a Provest, two Bailies [etc.]. 1806 Forsyth Beauties Scot. IV. 109 The set or constitution [of Kirkcaldy]. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. i, An anxious..discussion, concerning provosts, bailies, deacons, sets of boroughs [etc.]. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. s.v., The setts are either established by immemorial usage, or were at some time or other modelled by the convention of Burghs. |
▪ II. sett
see set n.; also obs. f. set a. and v.