A Collection of Decisions of the Court of King's Bench Upon the Poor's Laws, Down to the Present Time: In which are Contained Many Cases Never Before Published; Extracted from the Notes of a Very Eminent Barrister Deceased: the Whole Digested in a Regular Order |
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... opinion thut Mr. Gayer was not a proper per- fon to be appointed overfeer . They are not obliged to give any reason for their opinion , because the legislature has intrufted them on an appeal , with the power or au- thority of ...
... opinion thut Mr. Gayer was not a proper per- fon to be appointed overfeer . They are not obliged to give any reason for their opinion , because the legislature has intrufted them on an appeal , with the power or au- thority of ...
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... opinion of all the Judges was . to support that proceeding , in regard all the proceedings had been fo for feven or eight years paft . General ufages ,, if they are immemorial , amount to a law , but I don't go , only as to the time ...
... opinion of all the Judges was . to support that proceeding , in regard all the proceedings had been fo for feven or eight years paft . General ufages ,, if they are immemorial , amount to a law , but I don't go , only as to the time ...
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... opinion of the court , observed , that if it were faid at Brewcomb's Lodge general- ly , and no more , that might be intended a vill ; but this is faid to be an extraparochial place called Brewcomb's Lodge , fo that this may be but one ...
... opinion of the court , observed , that if it were faid at Brewcomb's Lodge general- ly , and no more , that might be intended a vill ; but this is faid to be an extraparochial place called Brewcomb's Lodge , fo that this may be but one ...
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... opinion that the powers given by the 43 Eliz . to be ex- ecuted in parishes , were , by the 13 & 14 Ch . 2. c . 12 . extended to all townships and villages , parochial or ex- traparochial , and confequently overfeers might be ap ...
... opinion that the powers given by the 43 Eliz . to be ex- ecuted in parishes , were , by the 13 & 14 Ch . 2. c . 12 . extended to all townships and villages , parochial or ex- traparochial , and confequently overfeers might be ap ...
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... opinion , that both these orders ought to be difcharged . Lord Mansfield obferved , that by this method a place might be made into a vil lage , which in fact was not fo , and the inhabitants of it might by this contrivance withdraw ...
... opinion , that both these orders ought to be difcharged . Lord Mansfield obferved , that by this method a place might be made into a vil lage , which in fact was not fo , and the inhabitants of it might by this contrivance withdraw ...
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43 Eliz a-year act of parliament adjudged affeffed affignment aforefaid alfo appeal appointed apprentice baftard becauſe become chargeable bound Burr cafe caufe certificate Certiorari child churchwardens and overfeers confent court defendant difcharged diftrefs eftate enacted faid parish fame father fecond feems fent fervant ferved fervice fettled feven fhall fhew fhillings fhould fince firft fome forty days ftated ftatute fufficient gain a fettlement himſelf hiring houfe houſe huſband indenture infifted inhabitants Juftices of Peace jurifdiction Kirkby Stephen legal fettlement lived Lord Mansfield mafter Mandamus ment Michaelmas Michaelmas day muft muſt neceffary opinion order of feffions order of Juftices order of removal paid parish of St pauper perfon poors rate prefent purchaſe purpoſe quafhed quarter feffions quaſhed queftion reafon refided refpective refufed rent ſaid Salk ſhall ſtated tenement thefe theſe tices township wife
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Page xliv - Queen's royal power over all estates and subjects within her dominions, for or by reason of such persons not taking or refusing to take the oath mentioned in the said act; and also from the penalties of an act made in the thirteenth and fourteenth years of the reign of King Charles the Second, intituled. An act for preventing...
Page 246 - Correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding three calendar months...
Page xxx - And whereas many inconveniences do daily arise in cities, towns corporate and parishes, where the inhabitants are very numerous, by reason of the unlimited power of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor, who do frequently, upon frivolous pretences (but chiefly for their own private ends), give relief to what persons and number they think fit...
Page xii - That the Father and Grandfather, and the Mother and Grandmother, and the Children of every poor, old, blind, lame, and impotent Person or other poor Person not able to work, being of a sufficient Ability, shall, at their own Charges, relieve and maintain every such poor Person...
Page lxv - ... of such stock as shall be in their hands or in the hands of any of the poor to work, and of all other things concerning their said office...
Page i - ... due execution : and as the said several acts and statutes were at the time of the making of them, thought to be very good and beneficial for the...
Page iv - ... nor being a labourer, and inhabiting in the same, or in any other city or town that now is or hereafter shall be and continue incorporate, to serve and be bound as an apprentice after the custom and order of the city of London, for seven years at the least...
Page viii - Peace as is aforesaid, for setting to work the Children of all such whose Parents shall not by the said Churchwardens and Overseers, or the greater Part of them, be thought able to keep and maintain their Children...
Page lxiv - that the church-wardens and overseers, or other persons authorised to take care of the poor in every parish, township, or place, shall give, or cause to be given, public notice in the church of every rate for the relief of the poor allowed by the justices of...
Page ix - ... competent sums of money for and towards the necessary relief of the lame, impotent, old, blind and such other among them being poor and not able to work, and also for the putting out of such children to be apprentices, to be gathered out of the same parish according to the ability of the same parish ; and to do and execute all other things as well for the disposing of the said stock as otherwise concerning the premises as to them shall seem convenient...