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• PAUPERISM (Lat. pauper, poor)

PAUPERISM (See also:

• LAT

Lat. pauper, poor)  , a See also:

• TERM

term meaning generally the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of being poor, poverty; but in See also:

• ENGLISH

English usage particularly the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of being a " pauper," i.e. in See also:

• RECEIPT (M.E. receite, derived through Fr. from Lat. recepta, participle of recipere, to receive)

receipt of See also:

• RELIEF

relief administered under the poor See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law . In this sense the word is to be distinguished from " poverty." A See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person to be relieved under the poor law must be a destitute person, and the moment he has been relieved he becomes a pauper, and as such incurs certain See also:

• CIVIL

civil disabilities . See also:

• STATISTICS

Statistics dealing with the state of See also:

• PAUPERISM (Lat. pauper, poor)

pauperism in this sense convey not the amount of destitution actually prevalent, but the particulars of See also:

• PEOPLE

people in receipt of poor law relief .