- necessitous circumstances
- See necessitous condition.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
necessitous circumstances
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necessitous circumstances — /nasesatas sarkamstaensaz/ Needing the necessaries of life, which cover not only primitive physical needs, things absolutely indispensable to human existence and decency, but those things, also, which are in fact necessary to the particular… … Black's law dictionary
necessitous circumstances — /nasesatas sarkamstaensaz/ Needing the necessaries of life, which cover not only primitive physical needs, things absolutely indispensable to human existence and decency, but those things, also, which are in fact necessary to the particular… … Black's law dictionary
destitute or necessitous circumstances — Circumstances in which one needs the necessaries of life, which cover not only primitive physical needs, things absolutely indispensable to human existence and decency, but those things, also, which are in fact necessary to the particular person… … Black's law dictionary
destitute or necessitous circumstances — Circumstances in which one needs the necessaries of life, which cover not only primitive physical needs, things absolutely indispensable to human existence and decency, but those things, also, which are in fact necessary to the particular person… … Black's law dictionary
Necessitous — Ne*ces si*tous, a. [Cf. F. n[ e]cessiteux.] 1. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty. [1913 Webster] Necessitous heirs and penurious parents. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
necessitous — adjective distributing milk to necessitous mothers Syn: needy, poor, short of money, disadvantaged, underprivileged, in straitened circumstances, impoverished, poverty stricken, penniless, impecunious, destitute, pauperized, indigent, without a… … Thesaurus of popular words
necessitous — adj 1. needy, indigent, impoverished, impecunious, penurious, distressed, in reduced circumstances, reduced, straitened, in straitened circumstances, in narrow straits, in dire straits; poor, badly off, Inf. hard up, unable to make ends meet,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Necessitously — Necessitous Ne*ces si*tous, a. [Cf. F. n[ e]cessiteux.] 1. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty. [1913 Webster] Necessitous heirs and penurious parents. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Necessitousness — Necessitous Ne*ces si*tous, a. [Cf. F. n[ e]cessiteux.] 1. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty. [1913 Webster] Necessitous heirs and penurious parents. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
non-support — The failure or neglect unreasonably to support those to whom an obligation of support is due; e.g. duty of parents to support children; duty to support spouse. Such failure to support is a criminal offense in most states. See e.g. Model Penal… … Black's law dictionary
