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  • 61dispossessed —    indigent    Those so described are unlikely to have owned valuable possessions in the first place:     There the spit and polish troops are immigration police; the hordes, the Mexicans, Haitians, and other dispossessed people seeking illegal… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 62on your bones —    indigent    Starvation has consumed the flesh:     Give us a chance, constable. I m right on my bones. (Galsworthy, 1924) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 63IMC — • indigent medical care; • information memory concentration [test]; • intelligent monitoring and control; • interdigestive migrating contractions; • internal mammary chain; • internal medicine clinic; • internal model control; • International… …

    Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

  • 64needy — Indigent, necessitous, very poor. Anno: 121 ALR 1007. Distressed by the want of means of living. Juneau County v Wood, 109 Wis 330, 333, 85 NW 387 …

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  • 65indigence — indigent ► ADJECTIVE ▪ poor; needy. ► NOUN ▪ a needy person. DERIVATIVES indigence noun. ORIGIN Latin, from indigere to lack …

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  • 66Public defender — For the 1931 film featuring Boris Karloff, see The Public Defender. Public Defenders offices in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. The term public defender is primarily used to refer to a criminal defense lawyer appointed to represent people charged with …

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  • 67pauvre — [ povr ] adj. et n. • XVIe; povre (adj. et n.) 1050; lat. pauper I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ (Employé comme attribut, ou épithète apr. le nom) (Personnes) Vieilli Qui manque du nécessaire ou n a que le strict nécessaire; qui n a pas suffisamment d argent, de… …

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  • 68Edwards v. California — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Edwards v. California ReargueDate=October 21 ReargueYear=1941 DecideDate=November 24 DecideYear=1941 FullName=Edwards v. People of State of California USVol=314 USPage=160 Citation= Prior= Subsequent= Holding=A state cannot… …

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  • 69assigned counsel — any private lawyer designated by a city or county court to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases at public expense. Cf. public defender. * * * ▪ law       a lawyer or lawyers appointed by the state to provide representation for indigent …

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  • 70Ontario Hospital Association — [1] Ontario Hospital Association Type Non profit organization Industry Health Care Founded Toronto, Canada (1924 ( …

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