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legal aid
noun
: aid provided by an organization established especially to serve the legal needs of the poor
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During its first year, the coalition has been focused on recruitment, but leaders aim to eventually provide additional support, such as legal aid, and helping drag artists’ secure compensation for their work.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 24 June 2024
The first-of-its-kind study found Colorado provided just 73 cents for legal aid per capita.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 5 June 2024
But the end of Title 42 has deepened a dilemma for legal aid and humanitarian groups at the border and across the country.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
In a similar spirit, during the 1960s and ’70s, the Black Panther Party refused second-class citizenship, creating national breakfast programs, health clinics, ambulance services, legal aid, schools and care programs to reject the void of public services available to Black Americans.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1890, in the meaning defined above
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“Legal aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20aid. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
Legal Definition
legal aid
noun
: aid provided by an organization established to serve the legal needs of the poor
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