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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 … supervisory duties are also carried out incidentally or as a small fraction of the work done by him will not convert his employment as a clerk into one in supervisory capacity, Ananda Bazar Patrika (P) Ltd. v.
Judge
trying a case in which he was defendant, 'You are a harpy, preying on the vitals of the poor,' and it was held that no action lay. If a judge has a personal interest in the action, … law doth so much respect the certainties of judgment, and the credit and authorities of judges as it will not permit any error to be assigned that impeached them in their trust and office, and in wilful
Pension
pounds seventeen shillings and six pence. There are, however, several disqualifications, chief of which are the receipt of poor relief; or being detained in prison without the option of a fine; or maintained as a rate aided … (1969) 2 SCR 755. Pension is neither a bounty nor a matter of grace depending upon the sweet will of the employer, nor an ex gratia payment but it is a payment for the past service rendered;
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Jury
1, for common jurors, at 10l. a year freehold, or 20l. a year leasehold, or assessment to the poor-rate or house-duty for a house of 30l. a year in Middlesex and 20l. a year in other counties … in a civil case numbers twelve. Actions properly for damages, declarations of rights of way, and reductions of wills on the ground of facility or essential error, are the more important types of cases tried by jury.
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 … Those made by that emperor's order, which compose the body of the Civil Law in its present state, will now be referred to. The Imperial, or Civil Law, as consolidated by Justinian, consists of four parts:-- (1)
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 … her husband absolutely, so that he might sell, pay his debts out of, give away, or dispose by will of it as he pleased, with these exceptions and modifications:- 1) Her freehold estate became his to manage
Alnet, De
be disqualified from voting at a parliamentary or local government election because he or his dependants have received poor relief or other alms … disqualification for the parliamentary franchise in boroughs by s. 36 of the Reform Act, 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 45), and in counties by s. 40 of the Representation of the People Act, 1867 (30
Apprentice
master to neglect to provide food, etc., for his apprentice. See Chitty's Statutes, tits. Master and Servant and Poor (Apprentices). Means a person who is bound by a legal agreement to serve an employer for an agreed … instruct his apprentice, and to make him master of the art so far as his capacity to learn will permit. If the master die, or become bankrupt, or abandon the trade, the obligation of the apprentice is
Client
public and private. The client contributed to the marriage portion of the patron's daughter, if the patron were poor; and to his ransom or that of his children, if taken prisoners; he paid the costs and damages … their transactions the client is a free agent, or under influence and imposition. A Court of Equity, therefore, will not permit a solicitor to take a present from his client, over and above his fees, however reasonable
Electoral franchise
any dwelling-house within the borough in respect of which he had been rated for the relief of the poor and had paid the rate, or who had occupied and resided in lodgings for a year the annual … Act, 1832, extended the franchise to 10l. copyholders and to leaseholders for terms of years, and tenants at will paying a minimum of 50l. yearly rent (2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 45, ss. 19 and 20).
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