legal aid

noun

: aid provided by an organization established especially to serve the legal needs of the poor

Examples of legal aid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Zach Neumann, executive director of the Community Economic Defense Project, which provides legal aid to people during a housing crisis, said the best-case scenario for Villela would be the state Supreme Court declining to take the case. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026

Minnesota officials, immigration lawyers and others alleged the conditions within the building were deplorable, citing a surfeit of beds and bathroom facilities, leg restraints for detainees and barriers to accessing legal aid. — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026

Sudbury estimates that legal aid organizations doing record clearance work might be able to serve a few hundred people each year. — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026

The overarching goal appears to be not just going after progressive groups, but ensuring reductions in civil legal aid per se. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for legal aid

• accolade
• ambuscade
• antegrade
• balustrade
• barricade
• cannonade
• cavalcade
• centigrade
• chambermaid
• colonnade
• countertrade
• disobeyed

Legal Definition

legal aid

noun

: aid provided by an organization established to serve the legal needs of the poor