Legal Definition and Related Resources of Indigent

destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy, poor, in want. In the context of social welfare legislation the term has been interpreted as one who need not be absolutely destitute to enjoy benefit of the statutes, but as one who lacks property or means of comfortable subsistence and who for that reason is needy or in want. See for instance , state v Harris, 250 A.2d 719, 5 Conn. Cir. 313.

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Indigent Legal Definition

Poor.

Translate Indigent from English to Spanish

Translation of Indigent, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Indigente and other legal terms is available here.

• Indigente
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Translate Indigent Verifier from English to Spanish

Translation of Indigent Verifier, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Verificadores sobre estado de indigencia and other legal terms is available here.

• Verificadores sobre estado de indigencia
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Translate Indigent Defense Verification Clerk from English to Spanish

Translation of Indigent Defense Verification Clerk, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Actuario verificador de ingresos and other legal terms is available here.

• Actuario verificador de ingresos
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Meaning of Indigent in the U.S. Legal System

Definition of Indigent published by the National Association for Court Management: Needy or impoverished. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court-appointed attorney at public expense.

Meaning of Indigent in Spanish

Description/ translation of indigent into Spanish: pobre, sin recursos; indigent defendant: reo, acusado, etc. sin recursos, pobre[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where indigent belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

Notes and References

1. Translation of Indigent published by Antonio Peñaranda