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Poor laws
Poor laws. By the (English) Poor Relief Act, 1601, (43 Eliz. c. 2), frequently called 'The Act of Elizabeth,' overseers of the poor were annually appointed in every parish; the churchwardens of every parish being also ex-officio
Woolsack
Woolsack, the seat of the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords. When, in the reign of Elizabeth, an Act of Parliament was passed to prevent the exportation of wool, to keep in mind this source
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Westminster
bishopric of London by Edward VI., and turned into a collegiate church, subject to a dean, by Queen Elizabeth. The Superior Courts sat here until 1822 in Westminster Hall itself, and after 1822 in courts opening into
Transportation
banishing or sending away a criminal into another country. This punishment was introduced in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 39 Eliz. c. 4. The word is first used in the 14 Car. 2, c. 23. The punishment
Royal Assent
the commencement of its operation should have been specially appointed, Tomlinson v. Bullock, (1879) 4 QBD 230. Queen Elizabeth, at the end of one session, rejected forty-eight bills agreed to by both Houses. The power of rejection
Roman Catholics
against Roman Catholics, generally under the name of Papists (see that title), after the Reformation, an Act of Elizabeth, for instance, 13 Eliz. c. 2, punishing with the penalties of a pr'munire (see that title) any person
Recusants
3 Jac. 1, c. 4; repealed by 9 & 10 Vict. c. 59) passed during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. And see Canons 65, 66, by which Ministers are enjoined to denounce Recusants, and Ministers
Rate
of the land; and (3) mines of every kind (e.g., iron mines) not mentioned in the Act of Elizabeth. As between landlord and tenant rates are ordinarily paid by the tenant, but the rating of the landlord
Prince
Prince [fr. princeps, Latt.], a sovereign; a chief ruler of either sex. 'Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex for her princely virtues, Camden.
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