vagrancy laws
1vagrancy laws — See vagrancy visible means of support …
2vagrancy — va·gran·cy / vā grən sē/ n pl cies 1: the act or practice of wandering about from place to place 2: the crime of wandering about without employment or identifiable means of support the court struck down the vagrancy law as unconstitutionally… …
3Vagrancy (people) — For other uses, see Vagrant. John Everett Millais The Blind Girl : vagrant musicians A vagrant is a person in poverty, who wanders from place to place without a home or regular employment or income. Contents …
4vagrancy — /vay greuhn see/, n., pl. vagrancies. 1. the state or condition of being a vagrant: an arrest for vagrancy. 2. the conduct of a vagrant. 3. mental wandering; reverie. [1635 45; VAGR(ANT) + ANCY] * * * Act of wandering about without employment or… …
5Vagrancy Act 1824 — Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title An Act for the punishment of idle and disorderly persons, rogues and vagabonds. Statute book chapter …
6English Poor Laws — Poor Law redirects here. For the Poor Law systems of Scotland and Ireland, see Scottish Poor Laws and Irish Poor Laws. Although many deterrent workhouses developed in the period after the New Poor Law, some had already been built under the… …
7Poor Laws — Si bien muchas se desarrollaron muchas workhouses (especies de hospicios) tras la Nueva Ley de Pobres, algunas ya habían sido construidas bajo el sistema existente.[1] Esta workhouse en Nantwich, Cheshire data de 1780 …
8black codes — Laws, enacted in the former Confederate states after the American Civil War, that restricted the freedom of former slaves and were designed to assure white supremacy. They originated in the slave codes, which defined slaves as property. In some… …
9Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada ArgueDate=March 22 ArgueYear=2004 DecideDate=June 21 DecideYear=2004 FullName=Larry D. Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Humboldt County, et al. USVol=542… …
10LGBT rights in Spain — The rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgendered persons in Spain have undergone several drastic changes in recent decades. Today Spain provides one of the highest degrees of liberty in the world for its LGBT community. However, this… …
