poor+or+indigent+person
1indigent person — One destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence. Juneau County v Wood County, 109 Wis 330, 333, 85 NW 387. A poor person. A pauper. Risner v State, 55 Ohio App 151, 9 NE2d 151; Lynchburg v Slaughter, 75 Va 57, 62. A person who has… …
2indigent — in·di·gent / in də jənt/ adj: suffering from indigence the indigent defendant was provided with counsel indigent n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
3poor — adj 1 Poor, indigent, needy, destitute, penniless, impecunious, poverty stricken, necessitous are comparable when they mean having less money or fewer possessions than are required to support a full life. Poor describes a person, a people, or an… …
4indigent — [in′di jənt] adj. [ME indygent < OFr < L indigens, prp. of indegere, to be in need < OL indu (L in), in + egere, to need < IE base * eg , lack > ON ekla] 1. in poverty; poor; needy; destitute 2. Archaic lacking; destitute ( of) n.… …
5indigent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. poor, poverty stricken (see poverty).Ant., wealthy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. needy, impoverished, poverty stricken; see poor 1 . See Synonym Study at poor . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …
6Poor Laws — • Those legal enactments which have been made at various periods of the world s history in many countries for the relief of various forms of distress and sickness prevailing amongst the destitute. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Poor… …
7indigent — (adj.) c.1400, from O.Fr. indigent, from L. indigentem (see INDIGENCE (Cf. indigence)). As a noun, poor person, from early 15c …
8poor — I (inferior in quality) adjective bad, badly made, barely passable, base, beggarly, below par, below standard, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, crude, defective, deficient, dubious, faulty, flimsy, gimcrack, imperfect, inadequate, inartistic …
9destitute person — A poor or indigent person. 41 Am J1st Poor L § 4. See destitute circumstances …
10indigent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ poor; needy. ► NOUN ▪ a needy person. DERIVATIVES indigence noun. ORIGIN Latin, from indigere to lack …
