Book 9780461915693

An Abridgment Of The Cases Upon The Subject Of The Poor Law: Decided Since The Passing Of The 4 & 5 Will. IV. C. 76, And A Collection Of The Subsequent Enactments Upon The Same Subject by William Golden Lumley. This nineteenth?century legal reference compiles case summaries and judicial rulings concerning the Poor Law in England and Wales, with emphasis on appeals against pauper removals, procedural rules, and evidentiary standards, and it includes an extensive Appendix listing pertinent statutes and administrative provisions. It situates proceedings across counties such as Cornwall, the East Riding, and Derbyshire, involving paupers, parish officers, guardians, magistrates at Sessions, and the Court of Queen’s Bench. The work surveys procedural requirements for appeals, service of notices, statements of grounds, adjournment practices, and the necessity (or non?necessity) of fresh notices and grounds after adjournment, alongside strict compliance with statutory provisions (notably the 4 & 5 Will. IV. C. 76, § 81). It covers evidence and records, settlements and estoppel, jurisdiction and remedies, costs, and administrative forms relating to rates, births, deaths, marriages, and parish property. The Appendix outlines reforms modernizing Poor Law administration and governance.