Vagrancy
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| - | A '''vagrant''' is a person in a situation of [[poverty]], who wanders from place to place without a [[home]] or regular [[employment]] or [[income]]. Many [[town]]s in the [[Developed World]] have [[Homeless shelter|shelters]] for vagrants. | + | A '''vagrant''' is a person in a situation of [[poverty]], who wanders from place to place without a [[home]] or regular [[employment]] or [[income]]. Many [[town]]s in the [[developed world]] have [[Homeless shelter|shelters]] for vagrants. |
| Vagrancy was a [[crime]] in some [[European countries]], but most of these [[laws]] have been abandoned. Laws against vagrancy in the [[United States]] have partly been invalidated as violative of the [[due process]] clauses of the U.S. Constitution. However, the FBI report on crime in the United States for 2005 lists 33,227 vagrancy violations. In legal terminology, a person with a source of income is not a vagrant, even if he/she is homeless. | Vagrancy was a [[crime]] in some [[European countries]], but most of these [[laws]] have been abandoned. Laws against vagrancy in the [[United States]] have partly been invalidated as violative of the [[due process]] clauses of the U.S. Constitution. However, the FBI report on crime in the United States for 2005 lists 33,227 vagrancy violations. In legal terminology, a person with a source of income is not a vagrant, even if he/she is homeless. | ||
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A vagrant is a person in a situation of poverty, who wanders from place to place without a home or regular employment or income. Many towns in the developed world have shelters for vagrants.
Vagrancy was a crime in some European countries, but most of these laws have been abandoned. Laws against vagrancy in the United States have partly been invalidated as violative of the due process clauses of the U.S. Constitution. However, the FBI report on crime in the United States for 2005 lists 33,227 vagrancy violations. In legal terminology, a person with a source of income is not a vagrant, even if he/she is homeless.
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