Maintenance

noun

'meɪntənəns

Noun

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
“unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit”
Type of:MisconductWrongdoing
the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
Similar:SustainmentSustenanceSustentationUpkeep
Type of:Support
court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
Similar:Alimony
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
Similar:Care Upkeep
Type of:FixingReparationFixture
means of maintenance of a family or group
Type of:SupportSustenanceKeep