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Affiliation
9 Vict. c. 10, 35 & 36 Vict. c. 65, and 36 Vict. c. 9), and the (English) Poor Law Amendment Act, 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 101), ss. 4-8, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Bastardy.' The law
Gilbert Acts (English)
Mr. Gilbert also introduced 22 Geo. 3, c. 83, first establishing unions of parishes with guardians of the poor, superseded by the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834, and repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1871.
Local Government Board (Ministry of Health)
department of the Government 'the supervision of the laws relating to the public health, the relief of the poor, and local government,' and transferred thereto all the powers of the Poor Law Board, all the powers of
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Status of Irremovability
Status of Irremovability, the right formerly ac-quired by a poor person under the (English) Union Chargeability Act, 1865, s. 8, after one year's residence (altered from the three
Churchwardens
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 the Rating and
Civil Law
and Servius Tullius, the sixth king, enacted many wise and good laws to maintain the cause of the poor, and to stop the oppressions of the rich. He also revived many of the obsolete laws of Romulus
Act of Parliament
(English) (11 & 12 Vict. C. 43); and some few, as the Statute of Elizabeth, which founded the Poor Law (43 Eliz. C. 2), and the Statute of James, which founded the law of limitation of time … 48. A statute is passed annually continuing various temporary Acts, some of them of great importance. See EXPIRING LAWS CONTINUANCE ACTS. For an invaluable collection of selected Acts, arranged in alphabetical and chronological order, see Chitty's Statutes
Married women's property
dispose of trust estates, and (s. 3) could alone be protector of a settlement. Also, by the (English) Poor Law Amendment Act, 1930 (29 Geo. 5, c. 17), s. 14, a married woman having separate property is … existing, property; and (5) should, if trading, whether separately from her husband or not, be subject to the laws of bankruptcy as if she were a feme sole. Now a married woman shall be subject to the
Irremovability, status of
Irremovability, status of, of poor persons, by one year's residence, under (English) Poor Law Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 17),
Assessment Committee
purpose of making out the valuation list on which the poor rate is based. See VALUATION LIST and POOR LAWS. The committee is appointed and acts by virtue of the Rating and Valuation Act, 1925 (15 & 16
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