The laws concerning the poor, or, A compleat treatise of the common and statue law relating to the relief, settlement, punishment, &c. of the poor

digested under proper heads, (viz.) 1. Of the power of church-wardens and overseers, 2. The various kinds of settlements, 3. Of rates and taxes for relief of the poor, 4. Of bastards, how to be provided for, and punishment of their reputed parents, 5. Of the relief of the poor by their relations, 6. Of the relief of impotent poor by alms, and by providing of habitations for them, 7. Of the poor in time of the plague, 8. Of the relief of prisoners, as well criminals as debtors, 9. Of work-houses, and houses of correction, 10. Of apprentices, labourers, servants, &c., 11. Of rogues, vagrants, &c. and their punishment : the appendix, containing the judges resolutions on several points relating to the poor : wherein are explained all the statutes relating to the poor, down to the present year 1718, to which are added all the precedents proper for such a treatise.

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Published 1718 by Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of Edw. Sayer Esq.) for Robert Gosling ... and John Pemberton ... in In the Savoy [London] .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Poor laws -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800

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Edition Notes

Other titles	Laws concerning the poor, Compleat treatise of the common and statue law relating to the relief, settlement, punishment, &c. of the poor
Genre	Early works to 1800
Classifications
LC Classifications	KD3299 .L39 1718
The Physical Object
Pagination	[20], 358, [14] p. ;
Number of Pages	358
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL23171926M
LC Control Number	2009389310

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