: a law providing for or regulating the public relief or support of the poor
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Recent Examples on the WebCompare 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