Monger - Law Dictionary Search Results

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Monger [fr. mangian, Sax., to trade], a dealer or seller. It is seldom or never used alone, or otherwise than after the name of any commodity, to express a seller of such commodity. Also, a little fishing vessel, 13 Eliz. c. 11....

Ballad monger

A seller or maker of ballads a poetaster...

Fashion monger

One who studies the fashions a fop a dandy...

Monger

A trader a dealer now used chiefly in composition as fishmonger ironmonger newsmonger...

Rule monger

A stickler for rules a slave of rules...

Bladarius

Bladarius, a corn-monger, mealman, or corn-chandler....

Housing of the working classes

Housing of the working classes. The Housing Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5, and 1 Edw. 8, c. 51), replaces with amendments the Housing Acts, 1925, 1930 and 1935, and consolidates the general law on the subject with some exceptions, chiefly relating to agricultural populations and needs, which are also provided for in unrepeated portions of the Acts of 1930 and 1935. Very wide powers are conferred on local authorities over the ownership of land and housing properties, and populations within their districts, enabling those authorities to make bye-laws for houses occupied or adaptable for the working classes; to effect the clearance, demolition, rebuilding, redevelopment or improvement of houses either singly or in whole areas and other-wise regulating sites or houses; to prevent over-crowding, and generally making it incumbent on these authorities to review and provide for the housing conditions of the working classes, and in addition giving powers of compulsory expropria-tion of private owners fr...

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