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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

- Poverty is a state or condition in which an individual lacks the financial resources and essentials for a basic standard of living. Poverty can have diverse...
- as children.[page needed] Established as The Liverpool School for the Indigent Blind in 1791, the foundation of what is now the Royal School for the Blind...
- "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...
- Supreme Court, requires the US government to provide legal counsel to indigent defendants in criminal cases. Public defenders in the United States are...
- Medically Indigent Adults (MIAs) in the health care system of the United States are persons who do not have health insurance and who are not eligible for...
- The Bill for the Benefit of the Indigent Insane (also called the Land-Grant Bill For Indigent Insane Persons, formally "An act making a grant of public...
- 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...
- The Virginia Indigent Defense Commission (VIDC) provides legal defense to those accused of crimes unable to afford a private lawyer. VIDC operates 28 offices...
- of services. County indigent medical programs can be categorized as County Medical Services Program (CMSP) and Medically Indigent Service Program (MISP)...
- The Commissioners for loyal and indigent officers were a body formed by a 1662 Act of the Parliament of England (14 Cha. 2. c. 8) to provide relief to...