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.
Chapter 5 of the first edition of his Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) was devoted to the Poor Laws. A more detailed critique of the Poor Laws followed in the greatly expanded second edition of 1803, and this was further expanded and refined in the Essay 's succeeding four editions.n sum, the dramatic increase in aid to the poor from 1780 to 1820, and the sharp fall in relief spending after 1834, were caused in large part by changes in the administration of the Poor Law, rather than by a rise and then a decline in the share of the population living in poverty.