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Charity Commission: Board of Commissioners: Cases certified to the Attorney general...
Catalogue reference: CHAR 16
What's it about?
CHAR 16
This series contains a collection of the Board of Charity Commissioners' opinions on cases referred to the Attorney General between 1872-1895 and 1908-1943. The reports were printed but not published. Piece 1 is indexed.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CHAR 16
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Title (The name of the record)
- Charity Commission: Board of Commissioners: Cases certified to the Attorney general under the Charitable Trusts Act 1853
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Date (When the record was created)
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1872-1943
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a collection of the Board of Charity Commissioners' opinions on cases referred to the Attorney General between 1872-1895 and 1908-1943. The reports were printed but not published. Piece 1 is indexed.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Charity Commission, Board of Commissioners, 1853-1853
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2000 Charity Commission
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Charities
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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This volume was selected as a record of significant cases in the development of charity law and one which provided documentation of the Charity Commission's functions and remit.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Charitable Trusts Act 1853 empowered the Board of Charity Commissioners to certify to the Attorney General cases that appeared to them to justify proceedings. The Attorney General then sought the opinion of Counsel on the case and decided whether or not it should proceed.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15555/
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Charity Commission: Board of Commissioners: Cases certified to the Attorney general under the Charitable Trusts Act 1853
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