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Lady

manor, once a week or oftener, to distribute to her poor neighbours, with her own hands, a certain quantity of bread.

Jury

freehold, or 20l. a year leasehold, or assessment to the poor-rate or house-duty for a house of 30l. a year in

Judge

'You are a harpy, preying on the vitals of the poor,' and it was held that no action lay. If a

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Infirmity

esp., in insurance law, an applicant's ill health that is poor enough to deter an insurance company from insuring the applicant,

Indigent defendant

Indigent defendant, means a person who is too poor to hire a lawyer and who, upon indictment, becomes eligible

Hospitals

a hospital for the sustenance and relief of 'the maimed, poor, needy, or impotent people'; but no such hospital may be

Gleaning, Leasing, or Lesing

or Lesing. No right exists at Common Law for the poor to enter on a person's land and glean after harvest,

First fruits

from the Crown to the Church for the augmentation of poor livings, by 2 & 3 Anne, c. 11. The holders

Eleemosynary corporations

this kind are all hospitals for the maintenance of the poor, sick, and impotent, and all colleges, both in our universities

Family

and is liberally construed, and includes brothers and sisters in poor financial circumstances for whom the insane ward, if competent, would

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Lady

manor, once a week or oftener, to distribute to her poor neighbours, with her own hands, a certain quantity of bread.

Jury

freehold, or 20l. a year leasehold, or assessment to the poor-rate or house-duty for a house of 30l. a year in

Judge

'You are a harpy, preying on the vitals of the poor,' and it was held that no action lay. If a

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Infirmity

esp., in insurance law, an applicant's ill health that is poor enough to deter an insurance company from insuring the applicant,

Indigent defendant

Indigent defendant, means a person who is too poor to hire a lawyer and who, upon indictment, becomes eligible

Hospitals

a hospital for the sustenance and relief of 'the maimed, poor, needy, or impotent people'; but no such hospital may be

Gleaning, Leasing, or Lesing

or Lesing. No right exists at Common Law for the poor to enter on a person's land and glean after harvest,

First fruits

from the Crown to the Church for the augmentation of poor livings, by 2 & 3 Anne, c. 11. The holders

Eleemosynary corporations

this kind are all hospitals for the maintenance of the poor, sick, and impotent, and all colleges, both in our universities

Family

and is liberally construed, and includes brothers and sisters in poor financial circumstances for whom the insane ward, if competent, would

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