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Orphan
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
Residence
under statutes, see the particular statute, e.g., franchise, burial company law, jurisdiction of courts, divorce, income tax, juries, poor law, local government, etc. see DOMICIL. Residence does not mean a temporary residence for the purpose of obtaining
Charity
SC 1722 (1727). [West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953 (1 of 1954), s. 6(1)(i)] Aid given to the poor, the suffering, or the general community for religious, educational, economic, public-safety, or medical purposes, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th … which is established solely for charitable purposes, (English) Banking Act, 1987; (Exempt Transactions) Regulations, 1988, reg. 3(2); Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(1), para 30, p. 26.
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Audit
The most important of the many enactments as to audit of accounts of local authorities were the (English) Poor Law Audit Act, 1848; (English) District Auditors Act,1879; (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s. 25; and the (English)
Bastardy-bonds
Bastardy-bonds, to indemnify parishes as to natural children likely to be born, made void by the (English) Poor Law Amendment Act,1834 (4 & 5 Wm. 4, c. 76), s. 70. [(English) Repealed by Statute Law Revision
Consolidation Acts (English)
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, the Coal Mines Act, 1911, the Forgery Act, 1913, the Companies Act,1929, the Poor Law Act, 1930, the Local Government Act, 1933, the County Court Act, 1934. The (English) Interpretation Act, 1889
Infirmity
means physical weakness caused by age or disease; esp., in insurance law, an applicant's ill health that is poor enough to deter an insurance company from insuring the applicant, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 782
Workmen
boroughs and districts, and assist applicants honestly desirous of obtaining work by work suitable treatment than under the poor law and (subject to the superintendence of a central body) by emigration or removal to another area; the
Superintendent Registrar
Superintendent Registrar, an officer who superin-tends the registers of births, deaths, and marriages. There was one in every poor law union in England and Wales. The office was filled as of right by the clerk to the
Notice of action
Notice of action. By numerous Statutes-e.g., by the (English) Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834 (4 & 5 Wm. 4, c. 76-both public and private, it was enacted that
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