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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
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
Burial ground
so appropriated. See (English) Open Spaces Act,1907, and as to the rating of burial-grounds, Winstanley v. North Manchester Overseer s, 1910 AC 7, also Chitty's Statutes, tit. Burial' Baker or Little on the Law of Burial; and
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Vagrants
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 parish, etc.
Sturges Bourne's Acts
a committee of the parishioners appointed for that purpose and called a 'select vestry,' to whose orders the overseers were bound to conform (this portion of the Act, being superseded by the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834,
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
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 Officers
Parish Officers, churchwardens, formerly overseers, and constables.
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.
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