Poor

In a statute providing for the relief of the poor: persons so completely destitute of property as to require assistance from the public. In a will, held to include those who have exhausted all means of support and are in a condition to require public aid for the supply of their necessities. "Poor," "poor person," "person in distress," "indigent person," and "pauper" may be used synonymously. "Casual poor" are such poor persons as are suddenly taken sick, or meet with accident, when from home. See Belong; Charity; Imprisonment, For debt; Pauper.