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POOR LAW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does poor law mean?
• POOR LAW (noun)
The noun POOR LAW has 1 sense:
1. a law providing support for the poor
Familiarity information: POOR LAW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A law providing support for the poor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("poor law" is a kind of...):
law (legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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