indigent person

indigent 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 no money or property, or insufficient money or property available for his immediate relief from want, is without credit, and is unable to maintain himself because of inability to work or to obtain employment. 41 Am J1st Poor L § 17. A person who has neither money nor estate, is without credit, and is unable to maintain himself because of inability to work or to obtain employment. 41 Am J1st Poor L § 17.

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  • indigent — [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.… …   English World dictionary

  • indigent — 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 …   Law dictionary

  • indigent — (adj.) c.1400, from O.Fr. indigent, from L. indigentem (see INDIGENCE (Cf. indigence)). As a noun, poor person, from early 15c …   Etymology dictionary

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

  • indigent — indigently, adv. /in di jeuhnt/, adj. 1. lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished. 2. Archaic. a. deficient in what is requisite. b. destitute (usually fol. by of). n. 3. a person who is… …   Universalium

  • indigent — 1. adjective /ˈɪndɪʤənt/ Poor; destitute; in need. I had since my introduction to the prince been sensitive to the fact that he must think an obviously indigent soldier of fortune will sooner or later open the subject of a subscription to the… …   Wiktionary

  • indigent — in•di•gent [[t]ˈɪn dɪ dʒənt[/t]] adj. 1) lacking the necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished 2) archaic a) deficient in what is requisite b) destitute (usu. fol. by of) 3) a person who is indigent • Etymology: 1350–1400; …   From formal English to slang

  • indigent — 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)… …   English dictionary for students

  • indigent — [ ɪndɪdʒ(ə)nt] adjective poor; needy. noun a needy person. Derivatives indigence noun Origin ME: via OFr. from late L. indigent , indigere to lack …   English new terms dictionary

  • indigent — 1. adjective indigent families Syn: poor, impecunious, destitute, penniless, impoverished, insolvent, poverty stricken; needy, in need, hard up, disadvantaged, badly off; informal (flat) broke, strapped (for cash), on skid row, down and out;… …   Thesaurus of popular words

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