dispauper, v. Law.
(dɪsˈpɔːpə(r))
[dis- 7 b.]
trans. To decide a person to be no longer a pauper; to deprive of the privileges of a pauper; to disqualify from suing in formâ pauperis, that is, without payment of fees.
| 1631 Star Chamb. Cases (Camden) 72 Therfore the Court would dismisse the cause or dispauper the pl[ain]t[iff], for that by his confession he hath 11li per annum. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Dispauper is a word most used in the Court of Chancery, as when one is admitted to sue in forma pauperis, if that privilege be taken from him, he is said to be Dispaupered. 1816 J. Phillimore Rep. I. 185 (L.) If a party has a current income, though no permanent property, he must be dispaupered. 1885 Law Times 7 Mar. 340/1 The plaintiff had, by the fact of his having recovered..more than {pstlg}5, become dispaupered. |