in forma pauperis
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of in forma pauperis
1585–95; < Latin: as a pauper
Example Sentences
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In 2020, Wooden appealed to the Supreme Court in forma pauperis, meaning he did not have to pay the regular fees because he is indigent.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2022
Some natives being severely mishandled by the local authorities, and being in consequence destitute of means to proceed against them in law, applied to Court for leave to sue in forma pauperis.
From The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
Have you taken the wealth which He freely gives to all who sue in forma pauperis?
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Alexander Maclaren
He will not seek salvation in forma pauperis, and thinks the best talent in the ministerial market not a whit too good for him.
From Reflections and Comments 1865-1895 by Edwin Lawrence Godkin
He repeated, that the Irish people were not suing in forma pauperis; there were resources in the country, and some further measures should be adopted, to meet the exigencies of their case.
From The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines by John O'Rourke
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