Indigent definition

Indigent means a person who is not financially able to employ counsel.
Indigent means a person who, at any stage of a court proceeding, is:
Indigent means a person who, at any stage of a court

Examples of Indigent in a sentence

  • Financial yearTable 42: Free Basic Services to Households Table 43: Free Basic Electricity Services to Indigent Households Table 44: Free Basic Water Services to Indigent Households Table 45: Free Basic Sanitation Services to Indigent Households Table 46: Free Basic Refuse Removal Services to Indigent Households 3 .

  • POLICY CHANGES • Indigent incentive write-off will be implemented.• No electricity blocking for Indigents; shared electricity will remain for those with arrears.• Cost containment regulation has been implemented.• Inclusion of reserves for disaster management.• Decrease in deposit fee.

  • The province has assisted municipalities to develop Indigent policies and Indigent Registers that are updated on a regular basis.⮚ Currently there are 190 000 indigent households that are registered in municipalities.

  • In accordance with the approved Indigent Policy of the Municipality, all households earning less than R4 000 per month receive the allocated free basic services as prescribed by national policy.

  • Support is also provided on the updating of Indigent Registers to avoid provision to those households that do not qualify.⮚ The Department provided support in the implementation of the Community Work Programme (CWP) and created 24 016 job opportunities in the previous financial year.


More Definitions of Indigent

Indigent means a person with an income that is below two hundred percent of the federal poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States department of health and human services.
Indigent means any person who is financially unable to obtain counsel or other necessary expert or professional services without causing substantial hardship to the person or his or her family.
Indigent means that a person's income falls below the federal poverty guideline
Indigent means a person who is unable to pay for the services of an attorney, including costs of investigation, without substantial hardship to the person or the person’s family; “partially indigent” shall mean a person unable to pay more than a portion of the fee charged by an attorney, including costs of investigation, without substantial hardship to the person or the person’s family.
Indigent means debtors who are poor private residential households as defined by the municipality’s policy on free basic services and indigent support.
Indigent means a person entitled to an appointed attorney pursuant to Iowa Code section 815.9.
Indigent means the person has an income level at or below 100 percent of the United States poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, unless the court determines that the person is able to pay for the cost of an attorney in the pending case. In making the determination of a person’s ability to pay for the cost of an attorney, the court shall consider not only the person’s income, but also the availability of any assets subject to execution, including but not limited to cash, stocks, bonds, and any other property which may be applied to the satisfaction of judgments, and the nature and complexity of the case.