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Orphan

Orphan, a fatherless child or minor, or one deprived of both father and mother.The Lord Chancellor is the general guardian of all orphans and minors throughout the realm. See GUARDIANSHIP; WARD OF COURT.By the (English) Poor Law Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 17), local county or borough councils may assist the emigration of poor orphans (see s. 68, ibid.).The (English) Windows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts, 1925-1935, provide for pensions for orphans of persons insured under the (English) National Health Insurance Acts under these Acts, 'orphan' means a child, both of whose parents are dead (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 70, s. 44).In London the Lord Mayor and Aldermen have in their Court of Orphans the custody of the orphans of deceased freemen, and also the keeping of their land and goods; accordingly the executors and administrators of freemen leaving such orphans are to exhibit inventories of the estate of the deceased, and give security to the Chamberlain for the orphan's p...

orphan

orphan : a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents ;broadly : a child without a parent or guardian ...

orphan petition

orphan petition Form I-600 Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...

orphans' court

orphans' court ...

Pension

Pension, an annual allowance made to any one, usually in consideration of past services.By the (English) Succession to the Crown Act, 1707, (6 Anne, c. 7) (c. 41 in the Revised Statutes), and 1 Geo. 1, st. 2, c. 56, no person having a pension under the Crown during pleasure, or for any term of years, is capable of being elected or sitting in the House of Commons.Old Age Pension.--The (English) Old Age Pensions Act, 1908, which was not on a contributory basis, gave to every person the right to a pension who fulfilled certain conditions. The Act, with the amending (English) Old Age Pensions Acts, 1911, 1919 and 1924, has been repealed by the (English) Consolidating Old Age Pensions Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 and 1 Edw. 8, c. 31). These conditions are contained in s. 2 of the Act of 1936, as follows:-2. The statutory conditions for the receipt of an old age pension by any person are--(1)The person must have attained the age of seventy, or in the case of a blind person, the age of fifty.(2)The p...

Orphanage

The state of being an orphan orphanhood orphans collectively...

Emigration of poor persons

Emigration of poor persons. See Poor Law Act, 1930 (20 Geo. 5, c. 17), s. 68, by which the council of any county or county borough may, with the consent of the Minister of Health, and in compliance with such rules, orders, and regulations as he may prescribe, procure, or assist in procuring the emigration of, any orphan or deserted child under 16 who is chargeable to the county or county borough; any poor person who is chargeable, or would be, if relieved, be chargeable to the county or county borough; any poor person having a settlement in the county or county borough. In the case of an orphan or deserted child the child must give its consent before a petty criminal court....

adopted child

adopted child An unmarried child under age 21, who was adopted while under the age of sixteen, and who has been in legal custody and lived with the adopting parent(s) for at least two years. These rules do not apply to orphans adopted by American Citizens. The adoption decree must give the child all the rights of a natural born child. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...

foster home

foster home : a household in which care is provided to a child who has been orphaned or removed from the home of his or her natural parents (as for reasons of abuse, neglect, or delinquency) ...

legitimated

legitimated Most countries have legal procedures for natural fathers of children born out of wedlock to acknowledge their children. A legitimated child from any country has two legal parents and cannot qualify as an orphan unless: 1. only one of the parents is living, or 2. both of the parents have abandoned the child Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...

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