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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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