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"unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit"nounthe 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
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nounthe act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
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nouncourt-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
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nounactivity involved in maintaining something in good working order
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nounmeans of maintenance of a family or grouptype of:
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keep care living fix service support maintain repair fixing mend alimony livelihood misconduct mending sustenance overhaul upkeep wrongdoing fixture reparation criminal maintenance wrongful conduct actus reus sustainment sustentation support payment car care pump priming scheduled maintenance inspection and repair camera care steam fitting bread and butter