Indigent
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
One who is destitute of property or means of comfortable sustenance; one who is needy or poor.
Juneau County V. Wood County, 109 Wis. 330, 85 N. W. 387.
The term was designated for the benefit of the laboring population which is only self-supporting while employed, and is applied to those who were afforded a temporary support from the county for a special time; People v. Supervisors, 121 N. Y. 345, 24 N. E. 830.
See Dependent.