Workhouse - Law Dictionary Search Results
Workhouses
Workhouses, municipal institutions for the support and maintenance of poor persons. See (English) Poor Law Act, 1930 (20 Geo.
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Bridewell
a hospital built in 1553 near St Brides or Bridgets well in London which was subsequently a penal workhouse
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Poorhouse
A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense an almshouse a workhouse
Adoption
apply to County or Borough Councils, formerly boards of guardians, to be permitted to adopt children from the workhouse whose parents are unknown. Though there is no legal objection to the authorities giving up the possession of
Poor laws
sentence is likely to need poor law relief, an order may be made for his removal to the workhouse immediately on his discharge from prison. [(English) Poor Law Act, 1930, s. 103] Aliens have the same right
School
school certified by the Board of Education as suitable for blind, deaf, defective or epileptic children, a certified workhouse school, a Scottish public or State-aided elementary school, a national school in (Northern) Ireland, and any elementary school
Vagrants
children so to do, see Mathers v. Penfold, (1915) 1 KB 514. (6) Every person relieved, in a workhouse, and refusing or neglecting while therein to perform the task prescribed by the guardians of the parish or
Public Works Loans Act, 1875 (English)
& 36 Vict. c. 62); water works established or carried on by a sanitary or other local authority; workhouses or poor-houses, and any work for which the council of a county, borough, district or parish are authorized
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