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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

Includes proper moral, as well as intellectual and physical, instruction.* May be particularly directed to the mental, 1 Curran v. Louisville, 83 Ky. 632 (1SS6), cases. 2 Revenue Act, 18 July, 1866, § 9: 14 St. L. 118. = State V. Hall, 73 N. C. 254 (1875). estate V. Pennington, 3 Head, 300 (Tenn., 1859): 2 Bish. Or. L. 274. '4 Bl. Com. 168; 1 Hawk. P. C. 132; 1 Euss. Cr. 302. ' Commonwealth v. Lovett, 4 Clark, 5 (Pa., 1831); 8 Haz, Pa. Reg. 305. ' Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U. S. 721 (1877), Field, J. the moral, or the physical powers and faculties, but in its broadest and best sense relates to them all.i An education acquired through the medium of the English lani^uage is an "English education." It is the language employed as the medium of instruction that gives distinctive character to the education, whether English or German, and not the branches studied.. A *' common school education " begins with the rudiments of an education, whatever else it may be made to embrace. 2 Parents owe to their children the duty of giving them an education suitable to their station in life. Yet the municipal laws of most countries do not constrain parents to bestow such education. ^ " All persons ' having children, and all the Guardians or Trustees of Orphans, shall cause such to be instructed in reading and writing; under a penalty of five pounds for each child having capacity in body asd understanding." * See Charity, 2; School. -EE.

See Or, 1.