Poor Person - Law Dictionary Search Results
Emigration of poor persons
Matched in: Term Emigration of poor persons
Poor person
Matched in: Term Poor person
Removal of poor person
Matched in: Term Removal of poor person
Keep your definitions linked to case research
Pauper
A very poor person one without any means of support especially one dependent on private or public charity Also used adjectively as
Settlement
Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1377. (In the Poor Law), the fixture of a person on becoming a poor person in a particular parish, to which is attached a right, first regulated by the Poor Relief Act, 1662 … between parishes, which has gradually diminished by the introduction of the 'status of irremovability,' upon acquiring which a poor person is no longer liable to be removed. Now a person shall be deemed to be settled in the
Vagrants
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1912, s. 7, as to men living on earnings of prostitution; and by (English) Poor Law Act, 1930, s. 150, as to obtaining relief by falsehood. It points out three classes of persons:- … Poor Law Act, 1930, s. 150, as to obtaining relief by falsehood. It points out three classes of persons:- 1st, idle and disorderly persons; 2nd, rogues and vagabonds; 3rd, incorrigible rogues. First. Idle and Disorderly Persons.-The following
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 by the overseers, with consent of two justices, and … Parish Apprentices, persons who were bound out by the overseers of parishes, or by the guardians of the poor. The children
Guardians of the poor
Matched in: Term Guardians of the poor
Adoption
See Geary on Marriage and Family Relations, and Law Reform (Misc. Prov.) Act; 1934, s. 2. Adoption of Poor Child.--Sometimes benevolent persons apply to County or Borough Councils, formerly boards of guardians, to be permitted to adopt … Adoption, an act by which a person adopts as his own the child of another. Until recently there was no law of adoption in this
Poor Prisoners, Defence of
Matched in: Term Poor Prisoners, Defence of
Try the research workspace - 7 days free