"poor law" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Law",
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            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Poverty",
          "orig": "en:Poverty",
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            "Economics",
            "Social sciences",
            "Sciences",
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      "glosses": [
        "A law providing for the support of paupers at the public expense."
      ],
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          "support",
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        [
          "pauper",
          "pauper"
        ],
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "expense",
          "expense"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A law providing for the support of paupers at the public expense."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "poor law"
      ]
    }
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        "A law providing for the support of paupers at the public expense."
      ],
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          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "pauper",
          "pauper"
        ],
        [
          "public",
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        ],
        [
          "expense",
          "expense"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A law providing for the support of paupers at the public expense."
      ],
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        "historical"
      ],
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      ]
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