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  • 21in forma pauperis — in for·ma pau·pe·ris /ˌin fȯr mə pȯ pə rəs, fȯr mä pau̇ pe rēs/ adj or adv [Medieval Latin, in the form of a pauper]: as a poor person: relieved of the fees and costs of a legal action because of inability to pay allowed to file an appeal in… …

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  • 22pauper — pau·per / pȯ pər/ n: a person who is destitute and relying on charity; specif: a person who is relieved of the costs and expenses of a court proceeding because of poverty Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. pauper …

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  • 23in´di|gent|ly — in|di|gent «IHN duh jehnt», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. lacking the necessities of life; poor or needy: »He became a legendary hero…to the indigent and the oppressed (Atlantic). 2. Archaic. a) wanting; deficient: »How low, how little are the proud …

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  • 24in|di|gent — «IHN duh jehnt», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. lacking the necessities of life; poor or needy: »He became a legendary hero…to the indigent and the oppressed (Atlantic). 2. Archaic. a) wanting; deficient: »How low, how little are the proud, How… …

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  • 25poverty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of money Nouns 1. poverty, impecuniousness, indigence, penury, pauperism, destitution, want, poverty line or level; need, neediness; lack, necessity, privation, distress, difficulties; bad, poor, or …

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  • 26Hebrew Free Burial Association — The Hebrew Free Burial Association (HFBA) was established in 1888 as a free burial society serving the residents of Manhattan s Lower East Side and was incorporated as a non profit organization in 1889. As the need grew in adjacent Jewish… …

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  • 27Bolsa Família — Bolsa Família, roughly translated as Family Stipend or Family Grant in English, is a part of the Brazilian governmental welfare program Fome Zero. Bolsa Família provides financial aid to poor and indigent Brazilian families on condition that the… …

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  • 28pauper — A poor person; an indigent person. One receiving public aid, eating the public bread. 41 Am J1st Poor L § 4 …

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  • 29destitute — Poor, indigent. 41 Am J1st Poor L § 4. Without means of support either in property or in a person legally bound to furnish support. Supreme Council Catholic Benev. Legion v Grove, 176 Ind 356, 96 NE 159. See destitute circumstances …

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  • 30indigence — indigent ► ADJECTIVE ▪ poor; needy. ► NOUN ▪ a needy person. DERIVATIVES indigence noun. ORIGIN Latin, from indigere to lack …

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