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poor law
noun
- a law or system of laws providing for the relief or support of poor people at public expense.
poor law
noun
- English history a law providing for the relief or support of the poor from public, esp parish, funds
Word History and Origins
Origin of poor law1
Example Sentences
She was elected to the Nantwich Board of Guardians, who administered the poor law, and also travelled around the country speaking for the ILP.
Corruption, poor law enforcement and armed conflict have left West and Central Africa vulnerable to international criminals and made the region a hotbed of ivory and pangolin scale trafficking to Asia in recent years.
Diana Arias, who started the petition, wrote that “domestic violence is a serious concern for everyone” and Harwick “was murdered as a result of poor laws not protecting the victims and treating the offenders.”
Dickens was not the only writer to expose the horrors of the poor laws.
The theory was deterrence: make the poor law frightening and only the most desperate – those truly in need – would trouble the authorities and public purse.
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