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Adoption

Law Reform (Misc. Prov.) Act; 1934, s. 2. Adoption of Poor Child.--Sometimes benevolent persons apply to County or Borough Councils, formerly

Derivative settlement

Derivative settlement, in Poor Law that settlement (see SETTLEMENT) which a poor person may

In forma pauperis

In forma pauperis (in the character of a pauper). Every poor person, having cause of action, was entitled by 11 Hen.

Local Government

it within limited areas, as parishes, boroughs, local government districts, poor law unions, petty sessional districts, county boroughs, and counties. See

Pauper

Pauper, a discarded term, see POOR PERSON. See CASUAL PAUPER; POOR LAWS; and EDUCA-TION. As to

Workhouses

Workhouses, municipal institutions for the support and maintenance of poor persons. See (English) Poor Law Act, 1930 (20 Geo. 5,

Local Government Board (Ministry of Health)

laws relating to the public health, the relief of the poor, and local government,' and transferred thereto all the powers of

Union Assessment Committee

of each parish for the purpose of rating to the poor rate. See (English) Union Assessment Committee Acts of 1862 and

Status of Irremovability

Status of Irremovability, the right formerly ac-quired by a poor person under the (English) Union Chargeability Act, 1865, s. 8,

Sportula, or sportella

the Roman Empire by princes or great men to the poor. It was properly the pannier or basket in which the

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