单词 | poor roll |
释义 | > as lemmaspoor roll poor roll n. (also poor's roll) Scottish (now historical) (a) a roll of persons in receipt of poor relief; (b) a list of persons eligible because of poverty to receive legal assistance. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > poor-relief > list of recipients of poor roll1580 poor book1662 relief roll1829 1580 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 162 To..sett furth the rolles for sustening of the pure of this burgh conforme to the act of parliament [margin pure rolles]. 1676 Cramond Kirk Session II. 29 May Ja. Stewart put out of the poores roll. 1752 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. II. 489 Advocates for the poor. How is one admitted to the poor's roll. 1824 Cases Court of Session 2 391 In an application for the benefit of the Poor's Roll, at the instance of Mrs. Wallace and her Son, it appearing that the son was a clerk in a counting-house..the Court refused the application as to him. 1988 I. Levitt Poverty & Welfare Scotl. viii. 178 The Board..could issue a Minute entitling the claimant to the benefit of the poor's roll in the Court of Session. 1990 E. M. MacArthur Iona ix. 121 The Parochial Board minutes from the 1860s onward record only three or four names from Iona as regularly on the poor roll. < as lemmas |
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