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pauper definition - legal

n

Someone who is unable to provide for his own support; a monetarily very poor person; an indigent person. Paupers are excused from paying court fees under the United States ConstitutionÂ’s Equal Protection Clause, so that they may avail themselves of equal access to the courts. See also in forma pauperis.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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