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Synonyms for indigent

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Synonyms for indigent

poor enough to need help from others

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ASUU National will offer N100,000 award to the most indigent student in Nnamdi Azikiwe University every year,'' he said.
8 million indigent households benefited from the indigent support system for sewerage and sanitation and 2.3 million indigent households benefited from the indigent support system for solid waste management," Maluleke said.
In question, and in demand, is the $150 (occasionally more, in marginal determinations) mandated by Chapter 211D when an indigent defendant is approved, after an evaluation by Probation, for appointment of counsel in a criminal matter that carries a possible jail penalty.
The program shoulders the medical and hospitalization bill of indigent patients.
PROCEDURALLY INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE AND ADEQUATE INDIGENT DEFENSE FUNDING CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION
&nbsp;<br />Two Lowcountry municipal courts are going to have to defend allegations that they unconstitutionally incarcerated numerous indigent defendants without providing counsel, a federal judge has ruled.
SPRINGFIELD -- An Illinois county coroner's practice of holding remains and death certificates of the indigent until their families can pay for burial is "disgusting behavior," state Comptroller Susana Mendoza said Tuesday.
Minister Kgathi said in terms of Section 4 of the Legal Aid Act of 2013, the objectives of Legal Aid Botswana were to provide legal advice, legal representation and public education on legal matters to indigent persons.
The project also includes distributing allowances for sponsored persons, honouring gifted orphan students and organising public celebrations to bring joy and happiness to orphans and the indigent during the holy month.
In New York, these deficiencies in representation stem from our fragmented, patchwork indigent defense system and from the lack of sufficient uniformity, oversight, and resources.
In the mid-1980s, the press reported several stories about the transfer of indigent patients to indigent care centers because the patients lacked health insurance or financial resources.
On January 28, 2011, the Louisiana Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether an indigent defendant convicted of misdemeanor traffic offenses, for which he was sentenced to jail time, could have state-appointed counsel assist him in the preparation of an application for discretionary review of his convictions.
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