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Provisions

Section 1 of the act revived the

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. c. 12), as amended by the Administration of Intestates' Estate Act 1685 (

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. c. 17), from 1 March 1691. An attorney's clerk, articled by indenture, was an apprentice within the meaning of section 8 of the act, and, as such, gained a settlement under this act in the parish in which he inhabited while serving under his articles.

Legacy

Sections 1 to 4 of the act (which are sections 2 to 5 in

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of the Statutes, by Serjeant Runnington, 1786) were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the

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( 30 & 31 Vict. c. 59). Section 12 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the

( 30 & 31 Vict. c. 59). Section 5 of the act (which is section 6 in Ruffhead's Edition) was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the

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( 30 & 31 Vict. c. 59). Section 11 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the

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. The whole act was repealed by section 245(1) of, and the eleventh schedule to, the

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( 17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 14).

Notes

References

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