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单词 poor law
释义

poor law

noun

: a law providing for or regulating the public relief or support of the poor

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Compare this to the Britannica’s article on poor law, still in force then and painstakingly described over a number of pages. Marilynne Robinson, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 Get our daily newsletter Breeding tigers and trading them and their parts is banned by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, but this treaty is widely flouted in Asia because of poor law-enforcement and high demand for tigers. The Economist, 28 Nov. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1725, in the meaning defined above

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