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Asyium

Asyium [fr. aovlov, Gk., a place free from violence], (1) a sanctuary of refuge; (2) (in an obsolete sense) a place set apart for the treatment and habitation of persons of unsound mind. See (English) Lunacy Act, 1890 to 1922, where the term meant an asylum provided by any local authority under those Acts, but by s. 20 of the (English) Mental Treatment Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 23), these asylums are to be called MENTAL HOSPITALS and for any references in any public or local act, order, regulation or other document to 'asylums' references to Mental Hospitals are to be substituted, and see also the (English) Army and Air Force Act, 1931 (21 Geo, 5, c. 14), s. 5.Criminal Lunatics (English) Act, 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 64), deals with detention, etc. of criminal lunatics, e.g., the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum.The (English) Asylum (now the Mental Hospital) Officers Superannuation Act, 1909 (9 Edw. 7, c. 48), makes provision for superannuation allowances for officers and servants, ...