praetaxation
noun
prae·tax·a·tion
variants or pretaxation
ˌprēˌtakˈsāshən
: the act or privilege of voting before others especially as exercised by a small powerful group in selecting a monarch
Word History
Etymology
Medieval Latin praetaxatus (past participle of praetaxare to reckon beforehand, from prae- pre- + taxare to estimate, reckon) + English -ion