Legal Definition and Related Resources of Vagrancy

Meaning of Vagrancy

Vagrancy Is distinguished from disorderly conduct and breaches of the peace, and includes only such cases of vagabondage as are known to the common law; and its statutory definition cannot be enlarged by municipal ordinance. 41 Mich. 299.

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Synonyms of Vagrancy

noun

evagation
hoboism
indolence
itinerancy
pererration
roaming
roving
shiftlessness
vagabondage
vagabondism
wandering
wayfaring Associated Concepts: commonlaw vagrancy
loitering

In legal terminology, vagrancy refers to the offense of persons who are without visible means of support or domicile while able to work.

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Vagrancy

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life of idle begging, 1706, from vagrant + -cy. Earlier in a figurative sense, “mental wandering” (1640s). By late 18c. used in law as a catch-all for miscellaneous petty offenses against public order.

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