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judicare

American  
[joo-di-kair] / ˈdʒu dɪˌkɛər /

noun

  1. Often Judicare a federally funded program providing free or low-cost legal services to people with low incomes.


Etymology

Origin of judicare

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; judi(cial) + care, on the model of Medicare ( def. )

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Woelfel, 27, is one of more than 700 such private attorneys on WVLSP'S roster for the so-called judicare program.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such reluctance is understandable: an uncontested judicare divorce in West Virginia brings a $150 fee, compared with the usual charge of about $500.

From Time Magazine Archive

One day, struck by the words of the liturgy, Per Eum qui venturus est judicare vivos et mortuos, he conceived the idea that he was the Son of God.

From The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church by Conway, Bertrand L. (Bertrand Louis)

I have already stated this legal axiom: Incivile est nisi tota lege inspecta judicare.

From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.

For, as Seneca says, there is no man but prefers belief to the exercise of judgment—unusquisque mavult credere quam judicare.

From The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature by Saunders, T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey)

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