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An impoverished person who is supported at public expense; an indigent litigant who is permitted to sue or defend without paying costs; an impoverished criminal defendant who has a right to receive legal services without charge. PAUPER. One so poor that he must be supported at the public expense.
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In Prosperity Versus Planning: How Government Stifles Economic Growth, David Osterfeld writes: "The pauperization of Micronesia was a direct result of foreign aid. Indoor relief, reformers believed, would discourage all but the truly destitute from seeking public relief and thus discourage pauperization, or as we would say, chronic dependency. The pauperization of the church will mean fewer schools and hospitals, fewer havens for the abused and addicted, a reduction of nursing homes for the elderly, and a curtailing of inner-city social and economic initiatives. |
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