poor law

1. 1.

   a law providing support for the poor

   Broaderlaw

   law

Questions about poor law

What does poor law mean?

poor law means "a law providing support for the poor".

Is poor law a common word?

poor law is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.