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Fit person
person, being a social worker or any other person, who is prepared to own the responsibility of a child and is found fit by the competent authority to receive and take care of the child. [Juvenile Justice
Guardian
is incapable of acting for his own interest (2 Bacon's Abridgment, 672). See GUARDIANSHIP. In relation to a child, means his natural guardian or any other person having the actual charge or control over the child and
In judicio non creditur nisi juratis
a trial credence is given only to those who are sworn.) For admission of unsworn evidence of a child, however, in case of cruelty, etc., to child, see (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 Geo.
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Paedo-corpus juris
Paedo-corpus juris, a body of law wholly made for children and child rights, 'No socially important legislation can fulfill itself without the mobilization of the society who legal
London
Part X. Hospitals, Medical Service, Ambulances and Mortuaries. Part XI. Registration of Nursing Homes. Part XII. Maternity and Child Welfare. Part XIII. Child Life Protection. Part XIV. Miscellaneous and General. [Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (26 Geo.
Non-access
not, in the course of nature, by reason of his absence, have been the father of his wife's child, the child is a bastard. Access is presumed during wedlock; but this presumption may be countered by proof
Orphan
Orphan, a fatherless child or minor, or one deprived of both father and mother. The Lord Chancellor is the general guardian of
Public health
Acts, 1893 and 1901; Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1927; Notification of Births Acts, 1907 and 1915; Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918; Part I. of the Children Act, 1908, and consequential legislation; Canal Boats Acts, 1877 and
Rape
carnal knowledge of any woman, above the age of particular years, against her will; or of a woman child, under that age, with or against her will' (Hale PC 628). Rape, or 'raptus' is when a man
Satisfaction
2 W. & T.L.C., that 'where a parent (or person in loco parentis) gives a legacy to a child, not stating the purpose with reference to which he gives it, the court understands him as giving a
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