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... A Collection of Decisions of the Court of King's Bench Upon the Poor's Laws ... - Page xiiby Edmund Bott - 1773 - 398 pagesFull view - About this book
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 670 pages
...and her motive for suing is the same, viz., to protect the (2) By 43 Eliz. c. 2. s. 1. it is enacted, that "the father and grandfather and the mother and...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 charge... | |
| Thomas Coventry, Samuel Hughes - Law reports, digests, etc - 1832 - 672 pages
...v. Saint Giles's Parish, 11 Mod. 239. and Rex v. Farlow, ID. 403. 2. By the 7th section of this act "the father and grandfather, and the mother and grandmother,...children of every poor, old, blind, lame, and impotent person, or other person not able to work, being of sufficient ability, shall maintain [ s1338 ] every... | |
| Thomas Stephen - Constitutional history - 1835 - 806 pages
...receive."* The law declares parents and children mutually liable for support. The father and grandfather, mother and grandmother, and the children of every poor, old, blind, lame, and impotent person, or other persons not able to work, being of a sufficient ability, shall, at their own charges,... | |
| Richard Burn - Justice of the peace - 1837 - 1224 pages
...of Elit. extends only to natural rclatloni.(a) Stat. 43 Eliz. c. 2, s. 7, enacts, " that titejiithcr and grandfather, and the mother and grandmother, and...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,... | |
| William Blackstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 910 pages
...child with necessaries. Russell & R. С. С. 20. 2 Camp. 650. The statute 43 Eliz. c. 2. s. 7. enacts, that the father and grandfather, and the mother and grandmother, and the ohildren of every poor, old, blind, lame, and impotent person, or other poor person, nnt able to work,... | |
| William Macpherson - Children - 1841 - 756 pages
...extended to wife's children; MAINTENANCE BY STATUTE. BY stat. 43 Eliz. c. 2, s. 7 (a), it is enacted that the father and grandfather, and the mother and...children of every poor, old, blind, lame, and impotent person, or other person not able to work, being of a sufficient ability, shall at their own. charges... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, James Manning, Thomas Colpitts Granger - Election law - 1846 - 1126 pages
...D. R. 133. i fit-;. his child ; Morlimore v. Wright, (a) The 43 Eliz. c. 2. .••. 7. provides " that the father and grandfather, and the mother and...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,... | |
| John Tidd Pratt - 1843 - 672 pages
...Eliz. c. 2, year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, for the relief of the poor, s. 7. it was Enacted, that the father and grandfather, and the mother and...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... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 1114 pages
...volunteer. How, then, is the case affected by the statute 43 Eliz. c. 2, s. 7? That section provided "that the father and grandfather, and the mother and...children of every poor, old, blind, lame, and impotent person, or other poor person not able to work, being of a sufficient ability, should, at their own... | |
| George Colwell Oke - Justices of the peace - 1850 - 636 pages
...p. 524. 43 Eliz. c. 2, Maintenance of Relations and Lunatic Married Women.'} By this stas> '• tute the father and grandfather, and the mother and grandmother,...children of every poor, old, blind, lame and impotent person, or oiler poor person not able to work [and chargeable to the parish, &c ] being of sufficient... | |
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