indigent

  • 21indigent — [ ɪndɪdʒ(ə)nt] adjective poor; needy. noun a needy person. Derivatives indigence noun Origin ME: via OFr. from late L. indigent , indigere to lack …

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  • 22indigent — adjective formal not having much money or many possessions; poor (1) indigence noun (U) indigent noun (C) …

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  • 23indigent — 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;… …

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  • 24indigent defendant — n. A criminal defendant who lacks the financial resources to pay for a lawyer to defend him or herself. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

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  • 25INDIGENT, ENTE — adj. Qui est dans l’indigence. Assister ceux qui sont indigents. Il est si indigent qu’il vit d’aumônes. Substantivement, On doit secourir l’indigent, les indigents. Pour avoir droit à certains secours, il faut justifier de la qualité d’indigent …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 26indigent defendant — A person indicted or complained of who is without funds or ability to hire a lawyer to defend him is, in most instances, entitled to appointed counsel to represent him at every stage of the criminal proceedings, through appeal, consistent with… …

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  • 27indigent defendant — A person indicted or complained of who is without funds or ability to hire a lawyer to defend him is, in most instances, entitled to appointed counsel to represent him at every stage of the criminal proceedings, through appeal, consistent with… …

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  • 28indigent — Synonyms and related words: almsman, almswoman, bankrupt, beggar, beggared, beggarly, bereaved, bereft, casual, charity case, deprived, destitute, disadvantaged, down and out, down and outer, flat broke, fleeced, ghettoized, hard up, hardcase,… …

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  • 29indigent — in|di|gent Mot Agut Nom masculí …

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  • 30indigent — in|di|gent [ˈındıdʒənt] adj formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of indigere to need ] very poor …

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