legal aid society

noun

1. an organization providing free legal guidance and service to persons who cannot afford a lawyer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of legal aid society¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

You know we have a Legal Aid Society for just such cases as yours.

From Project Gutenberg

Tradition shows him as a sort of legal aid society for the city of London at that time.

From Project Gutenberg

He found instead, in the Legal Aid Society, a champion that pleaded his cause and compelled the stableman to pay him his wages.

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