poor laws

poor laws
n.
Eng. History laws that provide for public relief and assistance for the poor

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n [pl]
a series of British laws that were concerned with helping poor people. The first Poor Law (1601) stated that the poor were the responsibility of the parish(1), and that local people should be taxed to provide food for the poor. These taxes became too high when the number of poor people increased in the early 19th century, and in 1834 a new Poor Law stated that the poor should be made to work in workhouses. This system was very unpopular, but it was not officially changed until the 1930 Poor Law introduced a national system of social welfare.

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