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Definition of Indigent

Indigent
Indigent In"di*gent, a. [L. indigent, L. indigens, p. p. of indigere to stand in need of, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + L. egere to be needy, to need.] 1. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous. Indigent faint souls past corporal toil. --Shak. Charity consists in relieving the indigent. --Addison.

Meaning of Indigent from wikipedia

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- Supreme Court, requires the US government to provide legal counsel to indigent defendants in criminal cases. Public defenders in the United States are...
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- of services. County indigent medical programs can be categorized as County Medical Services Program (CMSP) and Medically Indigent Service Program (MISP)...
- The Virginia Indigent Defense Commission (VIDC) provides legal defense to those accused of crimes unable to afford a private lawyer. VIDC operates 28 offices...
- "in the character or manner of a pauper". It refers to the ability of an indigent person to proceed in court without payment of the usual fees ****ociated...
- The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers Society in Dublin, Ireland, is the city's oldest surviving charity. The society was one of many that were established...
- The Institut catholique de Paris (French: [ɛ̃stity katɔlik də paʁi], abbr. ICP), known in English as the Catholic University of Paris (and in Latin as...
- case where a California law prohibiting the bringing of a non-resident "indigent person" into the state was struck down as unconstitutional. The so-called...
- Catholique, also known as L'Institut Catholique des orphelins indigents (Catholic Institute for Indigent Orphans) and the Couvent School, was a Catholic school...