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Poor laws. By the (English) Poor Relief Act, 1601, (43 Eliz. c. 2), frequently called 'The Act of Elizabeth,' overseers of the poor were annually appointed in every parish; the churchwardens of every parish being also ex-officio overseers, except in rural parishes, in which the churchwardens ceased to be overseers by virtue of the Local Government Act, 1894.Overseers of the Poor and Boards of Guardians were abolished (overseers from 1st April, 1927, boards of guardians from 1st April, 1930, except in the Scilly Islands) by the Rating and Valuation Act, 1925, and their powers, duties and property were transferred to local authorities.By the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834, the administration of the parochial funds and the management of the poor throughout the country were placed for five years under the control of a central board called 'The Poor Law Commissioners'; succeeded in 1847 by a temporary 'Poor Law Board' made perpetual, after many continuances, in 1867; and in 1871, by 'The (Eng...
Overseers of the poor
Overseers of the poor (now abolished by (English) Rating and Valuation Act, 1925 (c. 90), ss. 1, 64), formerly public officers created by the (English) Poor Relief Act, 1601 (43 Eliz. c. 2), to provide for the poor of every parish. There were two or more according to the extent of the parish. Church-wardens were, by (English) Poor Law Amendment Act, 1866 (c. 113), s. 12 (repealed) (except in rural parishes, in which case their jurisdiction ceased by virtue of the (English) Local Government Act, 1894), overseers of the poor, and they joined with the overseers in making poor rates; but the churchwardens, having distinct business of their own, usually left the care of the poor to the overseers, though anciently they were the sole overseers of the poor, Wood's Inst. 98. The overseers originally not only levied the poor rate, but also expended it. Their duties regarding rating were transferred to the rating authority by (English) Overseers Order, 1927, No. 55.Assistant overseers could be ap...
Guardians of the poor
Guardians of the poor. Their powers have been transferred to the councils of the counties and county boroughs, who are now the poor law authorities; see the (English) Local Government Act, 1929 (c. 17), s. 1, and (English) Poor Law Act, 1930) c. 17), s. 2 (see POOR LAW AUTHORITIES). Previously, they were the persons administering, under the control of the Ministry of Health, the funds raised by poor rates under the Poor Relief Act, 1601, and other Acts for the relief of the poor. They were elected by ballot by parochial electors, each giving one vote and no more for each of any number of persons not exceeding the number to be elected in 'unions' or parishes, as the case may be, within 40 days after the 25th March in every year, to serve for three years, one-third of their number going out of office every year under the (English) Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834 (4 & 5 Wm. 4, c. 76), ss. 38 et seq., as amended materially by the (English) Local Government Act, 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73, s. 2...
Union of parishes for the purpose of administering the laws for the relief of the poor
Union of parishes for the purpose of administering the laws for the relief of the poor, first effected under 22 Geo. 3, c. 83 ('Gilbert's Act'), and after-wards under the (English) Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Poor.' (English) Poor Law Unions were abolished by the Poor Law Acts, 1930 and 1934 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 17 and 24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 59), and the powers of guardians transferred to the county and borough councils by the same Acts....
Emigration of poor persons
Emigration of poor persons. See Poor Law Act, 1930 (20 Geo. 5, c. 17), s. 68, by which the council of any county or county borough may, with the consent of the Minister of Health, and in compliance with such rules, orders, and regulations as he may prescribe, procure, or assist in procuring the emigration of, any orphan or deserted child under 16 who is chargeable to the county or county borough; any poor person who is chargeable, or would be, if relieved, be chargeable to the county or county borough; any poor person having a settlement in the county or county borough. In the case of an orphan or deserted child the child must give its consent before a petty criminal court....
Poor person
Poor person, includes any poor or indigent person applying for or receiving relief (Poor Law Act, 1930). As litigant, see IN FORM' PAUPERIS....
Poor Prisoners, Defence of
Poor Prisoners, Defence of. The (English) Poor Prisoners Defence Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 32), repealing the Poor Prisoners' Defence Act, 1903, entitles any person to free legal aid in the preparation and conduct of his defence at the trial and to have solicitor and counsel assigned to him for that purpose, if a certificate, called the 'defence certificate,' is granted by the justices committing him for trial or of the judge or chairman of the court before which he is to be tried, at any time after reading the depositions. The certificate is grantable only 'when it appears to the certifying authority that his means are insufficient to enable him to obtain such aid, and must be granted in respect of any person committeed for trial on a charge of murder, and may be granted when a person committed for trial upon any other charge, if it appears to the authority, having regard to all the circumstances of the case (including the nature of such defence, if any, as may have been set up) t...
Poorly
In a poor manner or condition without plenty or sufficiency or suitable provision for comfort as to live poorly...
Poor
Poor, means lacking material possession having little or no means to support oneself, needy, and impoverished. The expression refers to such indigent and working people who need accommodation and on their own cannot make arrangements for reasonable accommodation, Corporation Jabalpur v. Kishan Lal, AIR 1966 SC 207: (1966) 1 SCJ 566: (1966) SCD 179: (1965) 2 SCWR 1119: (1965) MPLJ 987: 1966 Jab LJ 1.The word 'poor' lexically means 'having little or no money, goods or other means of support' (Webster's Enyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary) or 'lacking financial or other means of subsistence' (Collins English Dictionary), Indra Sawhney v. Union of India, AIR 1993 SC 477 (623)....
Poorness
The quality or state of being poor in any of the senses of the adjective...
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