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maintenance
noun(main-te-nance)
the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community
Synonyms: criminal maintenance,
Examples:
Unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit.
maintenance
noun(main-te-nance)
the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
Synonyms: sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, upkeep,
maintenance
noun(main-te-nance)
court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
Synonyms: alimony,
maintenance
noun(main-te-nance)
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
Synonyms: care, upkeep,
maintenance
noun(main-te-nance)
means of maintenance of a family or group

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