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Stealing Children. See KIDNAPPING....
Child-stealing
Child-stealing. See the (English) Offences against the Person Act,1861, s. 56, which applies to children under fourteen, and punishes decoying either by force or fraud....
Children
Children. The word child in legal documents means a legitimate child unless otherwise declared by statute. See Morris v. Britannic Assurance Co., 1931 (2) KB 125. 'Child' is defined by the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12), s. 107, as meaning, for the purposes of the Act, a person under fourteen years of age. The (English) Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 47), makes provisions for Scotland similar to those of the corresponding English Act.Registration of Birth, and Vaccination.--It is the duty, by s. 1 of the (English) Births and Deaths Registration act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 88), of the father and mother of very child born alive, and in their default of other persons (see BIRTHS), to give information to the registrar within forty two days; the (English) Public Health Act, 1936, ss. 2 and 3, provides for compulsory notification of births to the Medical Officer of Health (see BIRTHS), and the child must be vaccinat...
steal
steal stole sto·len steal·ing [Old English stelan] : to take or appropriate without right or consent and with intent to keep or make use of see also robbery, theft ...
Sheep-stealing
Sheep-stealing, or killing sheep with intent to steal, is a felony, Larceny Act, 1916, ss. 3 and 4....
Shroud-stealing
Shroud-stealing. If any one, in taking up a dead body, steal the shroud or other apparel, it will be felony; for the property therein remains with the executor, or whoever was at the charge of the funeral, 3 Inst. 110; 1 Hale, P.C. 535...
Agricultural Children Act, 1873
Agricultural Children Act, 1873 (English) (36 & 37 Vict. c. 67). This Act made regulations as to the employment of children under ten years of age. It was repealed by the (English) Elementary Education Act, 1876, which was itself repealed by the Education Act, 1921, see Part VIII. Of which for restrictions on employment of children and young persons, and see (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12), s. 18. See Chitty's Statute, tit. 'Education....
Dog stealing
Dog stealing is punishable on summary conviction, for the first offence, by six months' imprisonment and hard labour, or fine not exceeding 20l. beyond the value of the dog. A second offence is, however, an indictable misdemeanour, punishable by imprisonment with or without hard labour not exceeding eighteen months. Similar punishment is provided for persons found in possession of dogs or their skins, knowing them to have been stolen, and a justice may order the restoration of the stolen property to the owner. Corruptly taking money or reward, to aid in the recovery of a stolen dog, is punishable by imprisonment with or without hard labour for eighteen months. Dogs are not the subject of larceny at common law. See (English) Larceny Act, 1861, ss. 18, 19, 21 and 22; Larceny Act, 1916, ss. 5 and 48, and Sched...
Stealing
Stealing. See LARCENY....
Heirs and children used in same instrument
Heirs and children used in same instrument, means where said words are used in same instrument in speaking of the same persons, the word heirs to be construed to mean 'children'. Such usage being treated as sufficient evidence of intention to use the word 'heirs' in sense of 'children', Beuj Berry Apartment Pvt. Ltd. v. Shobha, (2006) 9 JT 404: (2006) 10 SCALE 596: (2006) 8 SLT 241....
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