| 单词 | legal charity |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslegal charity legal charity n. relief dispensed under the Poor Laws; charity given to the poor by law. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > poor-relief relieving1389 relief1438 poor relief1698 legal charity1818 poor-work1854 1818 Edinb. Rev. Feb. 296 So it appears, that the legal charity does not supersede the gratuitous charity, but renders it more indispensable. 1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables ii. 67 An immediate abolition of our legal charity would cause less misery than its long continuance. 1916 Statesman's Year-bk. iii. 1071 In Italy legal charity, in the sense of a right in the poor to be supported by the parish or commune, or of an obligation on the commune to relieve the poor, does not exist. 1997 N.Y. Times 28 Dec. (Late ed.) 13/1 Any law giving the able-bodied poor the absolute right to legal charity will lead inexorably to an increase in their numbers. < as lemmas |
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