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Parish Apprentices
Parish Apprentices, persons who were bound out by the overseers of parishes, or by the guardians of the poor. The children of poor persons could be apprenticed out
Churchwardens
under sequestration for the debts of the incumbent, Prideaux's Churchwardens' Guide; Steer's Parish Law. Churchwardens were ex officio overseers of the poor under the Poor Relief Act, 1601 (43 Eliz. c. 2), but overseers were abolished by
Stevedore
unloading of vessels, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1426. Stevedore, is a workman employed either as an overseer or a labourer in the loading and unloading of the cargoes of merchant vessels, Provident Fund Inspector, Ernakulum
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Railway
and owned, hired or worked by a railway administration. [Railways Act, 1989, s. 2 (31)] Offices of the overseer and other persons engaged in construction work on the railway come within the ambit of the definition of
Parish
immediately before the 1st April, 1927, a separate poor rate was or could be made, or a separate overseer was or could be appointed.
Hoppo
Hoppo, a collector; an overseer of commerce, Chinese.
Ghirdawar, Girdwar
Ghirdawar, Girdwar, an overseer or police, under whom the goyendas or informers act, Indian
Controller
Controller [fr. Controle, Fr., the copy of a roll of accounts], an overseer or officer appointed to examine and verify the accounts of other officers, also Controller under Patents Act, 1911.
Grieve
A manager of a farm or overseer of any work a reeve a manorial bailiff
Caporal
One who directs work an overseer
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