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Natural child
Natural child, the child in fact, the child of one's body. Some children are both the natural and legitimate offspring of a marriage, i.e., those duly born in wedlock. Some are
Marriage
of Common Prayer, were merely voidable by suit in the Ecclesiastical Court during the life of the parties. Children resulting from such marriages were not illegitimate unless and until the marriage had been declared void by the
Agricultural Gangs Act, 1867
c. 130). This Act, after reciting that in certain counties in England certain persons known as gangmasters hire children, young persons, and women, with a view to contracting with farmers and others for the execution on their
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Juvenile offenders
offenders. The various methods of dealing with juvenile offenders are governed by ss. 50 to 60 of (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 Geo. 5, c. 12). See s. 54 with regard to committal in
Canal boats
Canal boats. The registration and inspection of canal boats used as dwellings, and the education of children living therein, provided for by the (English) Canal Boats Act, 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 60), partly
Imprisonment
where money is adjudged to be paid by a court of summary jurisdiction by a conviction. Imprisonment of Children.--By the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 Geo. 5, c. 22), s. 52, replacing with amendments
filiation
2d 1361 (1986)"] see also legitimate filiation compare acknowledgment, paternity NOTE: The Louisiana Supreme Court has held that children not entitled to legitimate filiation to the alleged parent, or not legitimated or formally acknowledged by the alleged
Age
of indecent assault, Reg. v. Williams, 1893 (1) QB 320. The penalties are now regulated by the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12), which provides that a 'child,' i.e.,
Abduction
(English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. C. 100), s. 56, and see (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12). (3) The Common Law misdemeanour of
Chastisement
his master, or a criminal by an officer, see s. 24 of the (English) Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 41), replaced by the (English) Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 1904
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