In this war arena there isn't even the dimmest light of hope and relief for the weak and destitute.
In contrast, in a system of poor relief, compensation was first provided when a person became destitute.
Primogeniture ensured that senior family members would control clan land, leaving junior family members destitute.
When the destitute man applied for poor relief it was decided that the children should be boarded out.
For the individual, the likelihood of becoming destitute was dependent upon one's life-course stage.
Charitable foundations extended aid to the destitute or sick.
Several million people had been dispersed around the country, destitute and homeless.
According to colonial investigators, civilian support derived primarily from the most destitute inhabitants of the province: petty criminals, river boatmen and day-laborers.
