Look up: vagrancy

1. vagrancy
   [n] - the state of wandering from place to place
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2. vagrancy
   Homelessness. English law classifies as vagrants not only tramps who do not make use of available shelter, but also prostitutes who behave indecently in public, pedlars who trade without a licence,...
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3. vagrancy
   noun the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood
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4. Vagrancy
   • (n.) The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.
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5. vagrancy
   state or action of one who has no established home and drifts from place to place without visible or lawful means of support. Traditionally a ... [1 related articles]
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6. vagrancy
   vagrancy 1. The state of wandering from place to place. 2. Having no permanent home or means of livelihood.
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7. vagrancy
   vagrancy, in law, term applied to the offense of persons who are without visible means of support or domicile while able to work. State laws and municipal ordinances punishing vagrancy often also cover loitering, associating with reputed criminals, prostitution, and drunkenness. The punishment is us...
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8. Vagrancy
   (n) Vagrancy is the state of affair of an individual having no permanent dwelling place and surviving on alms as they cannot find a source to sustain themselves. Depending on others for survival by begging is considered as crime in many states.
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9. vagrancy
   n. moving about without a means to support oneself, without a permanent home, and relying on begging. Until recently it was considered a minor crime (misdemeanor) in many states. Constitutionally it is evident that being poor is not a crime. The same is true of "loitering."
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10. Vagrancy
    Vagrancy is the state of homelessness, vagabondage. Formerly, in English law the term was applied to various classes of idle and disorderly persons. The principal Act in this connexion was the Vagrancy Act, 1824, extended in certain directions by Vagrancy Acts of 1838, 1873, and 1878, and further am...
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11. Vagrancy
    (biology) :``See also vagrancy (people) for an alternative use of the term `Vagrancy` is a phenomenon in biology whereby individual animals appear well outside their normal range; individual animals which exhibit vagrancy are known as `vagrants`. The term `accidental` is sometimes also used. ...
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