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Visible Means of Support

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A term employed in Vagrancy statutes to test whether an individual has any apparent ability to provide for himself or herself financially.

A person who has no visible means of support and loiters in a public place might be arrested and prosecuted for vagrancy.



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They get by on car trunk sales, moving stolen property, selling drugs--all the usual business of those without visible means of support, lie says he will not do that.
Jobless Ronald Hanley has no visible means of support - apart from the state benefits he receives courtesy of hard-working taxpayers.
She was seen out in London with a plunging neckline - and no visible means of support.
 
 
 
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