Legal Aid Vocabulary

adjective describing someone who is extremely poor and lacking basic necessities

• The government provides assistance programs for indigent individuals in need.
• We should donate to help out the indigent families in our community.
• It's important to lend a hand to those who are indigent and struggling.
• In a society that values material wealth, the spiritually indigent often go unnoticed.

noun the people in general, considered as a whole

adjective of or concerning the people as a whole

• The public is invited to attend the town hall meeting on Tuesday.
• Hey, did you hear about the public event happening next weekend?
• The public is gonna love the new restaurant that just opened.
• The artist's work is so unique, it really speaks to the public in a special way.