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Poor will

A bird of the Western United States Phalaelignoptilus Nutalli allied to the whip poor will

The quality or state of being poor in any of the senses of the adjective

Removal of poor person. See SETTLEMENT.

Settlement, means an agreement ending a dispute or a law suit, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1377. Settlement, suggests...

Casual pauper (obsolete term). Any destitute wayfarer or wanderer applying for or receiving relief. See (English) Pauper Inmates Discharge and...

Sturges Bourne's Acts. (English) (1) 58 Geo. 3, c. 69, the Vestries Act, 1818 (Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Vestries'), as to...

Parish Apprentices, persons who were bound out by the overseers of parishes, or by the guardians of the poor. The...

Charities, or Public Trusts. One of the earliest fruits of the Emperor Constantine's zeal, or pretended zeal, for Christianity, was...

Rate, A contribution levied by some public body for a public purpose, as a poor rate, a highway rate, a...

Husband and wife. the Common Law treated them, for most purposes, as one person, giving, with exceptions comparatively unimportant, the...