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Rate
railways, see the Railways Valuation for Rating Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 24); RAILWAYS. See CHURCH RATES. 'Rates' is often used in the sense of a standard or measure. Provided the tax is computable by
Mortgage
liable to serve again, or of a servant of the East Indian Company; commissions in the Army; and church livings with cure of souls, and other statutory prohibitions. While an increase in the rate of interest upon … the Army; and church livings with cure of souls, and other statutory prohibitions. While an increase in the rate of interest upon default of regular payment is a penalty, and is not admissible, the reservation of a
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Vestry, or vestiary
Vestry, or vestiary, a place or room adjoining to a church, where the vestments of the minister are kept; also, a parochial assembly commonly convened in the vestry, to … vote, see the (English) Vestries Acts, 1818 to 1853, and the Local Government Act, 1933, and see also RATES. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Vestry'; Steer's Parish Law: and Prideaux's Law of Churchwardens. In the Metropolis, the vestries
Overseers of the poor
(English) Local Government Act, 1894), overseers of the poor, and they joined with the overseers in making poor rates; but the churchwardens, having distinct business of their own, usually left the care of the poor to the … for the poor of every parish. There were two or more according to the extent of the parish. Church-wardens were, by (English) Poor Law Amendment Act, 1866 (c. 113), s. 12 (repealed) (except in rural parishes, in
Churchwardens
Churchwardens, anciently styled Church Reeves or Ecclesi' Guardiani, the guardians or keepers of the church, and representatives of the
Parish
quo degit populus aliujus ecclesi'. 5 Co.--(A parish is a place in which the people of a particular church reside.) It is that circuit of ground which is committed to the care of one parson or vicar, … 68 (4), defines a parish 'a place for which immediately before the 1st April, 1927, a separate poor rate was or could be made, or a separate overseer was or could be appointed.
Burial ground
is buried, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 10, 4th Edn., Para 1187, p. 548. Burial ground, includes any churchyard, cemetery or other ground, whether consecrated or not, which has been at any time set aside for the
Tithe Rent-Charge
land, substituted by commutation for that charge on the produce of the land for the benefit of the Church, which was called tithe from being the tenth part of the increase yearly arising and renewing from the … being agricultural land at the same date. The substituted charge is a 60 years' annuity at the like rates charged on the enfranchised land and payable to the Crown. A tithe redemption commission is established, consisting of
Vagrants
etc., shall have been removed by order of two justices, unless he, etc., produce a certificate of the church-wardens and overseers of the poor of some other parish, etc., acknowledging him, etc., to be settled in such … a false statement for the purpose of or committing other offences when obtaining relief out of the poor rate is to be deemed an 'idle and disorderly person'; and by the (English) Vagrancy Act, 1898, a man
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