Definition of DURA MATER. : the tough fibrous membrane that envelops the brain and spinal cord external to the arachnoid and pia mater.ADVERTISEMENT. the tough fibrous membrane that envelops the brain and spinal cord external to the arachnoid and pia mater. ADVERTISEMENT.
Act for the Relief of the Poor 1601. The Poor Relief Act 1601 (43 Eliz 1 c 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act for the Relief of the Poor 1601, popularly known as the Elizabethan Poor Law, 43rd Elizabeth or the Old Poor Law was passed in 1601 and created a national poor law system for England and Wales.
Criticism of the Poor Law grew in the early nineteenth century after the Napoleonic Wars with France, especially among political economists. Malthus thought the Old Poor Law encouraged population growth.pposition to the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act [edit]. The radical MP William Cobbett voted against the Act, asserting that the poor had an automatic right to relief and that the Act aimed to enrich the landowner at the expense of the poor.