Lunacy law : the statutes relating to private lunatics, pauper lunatics, criminal lunatics, commissions of lunacy, public and private asylums and the commissioners in lunacy / with an introductory commentary, notes to the Statutes, references to cases decided in the superior courts, and a copious index by Danby P. Fry ; edited by George F. Chambers.

  • Danby Palmer Fry
Date:
1890
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Credit: Lunacy law : the statutes relating to private lunatics, pauper lunatics, criminal lunatics, commissions of lunacy, public and private asylums and the commissioners in lunacy / with an introductory commentary, notes to the Statutes, references to cases decided in the superior courts, and a copious index by Danby P. Fry ; edited by George F. Chambers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    THE kSCHEDULE EEFEEEED TO IN THE FOKEGOING EULES. FOEMS. FOEM 1. Petition for an Order for Inquisition. In Lunacy. In the matter of A.B., a person alleged to be of unsound mind. To the Eight Honourable the Lord High Chancellor of Great Biitain, The humble petition of CD., of in the county of sbeweth as follows :— 1. A.B., now residing at is now and for years last past has been of unsound mind and incapable of managing himself or his affairs. 2. Your petitioner is the father of the said A.B. Your petitioner therefore humbly prays that the Masters in Lunacy, or one of them, may bo directed to inquire concerning the alleged lunacy of the said A.B. And your petitioner will ever pray, &c. (Signed) CD. Witness to the signature of the said CD. E.F., Solicitor of Form 2. Notice to alleged Lunatic of application for Inquisition. Mr. A.B. Take notice that a petition, of which a copy is within written, has been presented to the Lord Chancellor by me (or by CD., of ), [^] and that by virtue of and under the same an inquiry may be ordered to take place before one of the Masters in Lunacy as to whether you are or are not of unsound mind and incapable of managing yourself and your affairs, but that you may, in case you think fit, demand that such inquiry may, if ordered, be had before a (1) Wlien a demand for a jury has already been tiled, from this to the end is to be omitted.