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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A child who, by the operation of the English factory and education acts, is employed for less than the full time in a factory or workshop, in order that he may attend some "recognized efficient school." See Factory and Workshop Act 1878, i 23; Elementary Education Act 1876, § 11. Wharton.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A child who, by the operation of the English factory and education acts, is employed for less than the full time in a factory or workshop, in order that he may attend some "recognized efficient school." See factory and workshop act, 1878, § 23: elementary education act, 1876, § 11.
—HalftongueA jury half of one tongue or nationality and half of another. See De Medietate Linguæ.

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A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A child who, by the operation of the English factory and education acts, is employed for less than the full time in a factory or workshop, in order that he may attend some “recognized eflicient scliool.” See factory and workshop act, 1878, § 23; elementary education act, 1876, § 11.