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pauper legal definition
noun
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.
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