maintenance

1. n. The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication. Source: opted

2. n. That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences. Source: opted

3. n. An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause depending between others, by assisting either party with money or means to carry it on. See Champerty. Source: opted

4. n. activity involved in maintaining something in good working order Source: wordnet

5. n. means of maintenance of a family or group Source: wordnet

6. n. court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated Source: wordnet

7. n. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence Source: wordnet

8. n. 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 Source: wordnet

9. 1. The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication. Whatsoever is granted to the church for God's honor and the maintenance of his service, is granted to God. South. 2. That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences. Those of better fortune not making learning their maintenance. Swift. 3. (Crim. Law) An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause depending between others, by assisting either party with money or means to carry it on. See Champerty. Wharton. Cap of maintenance. See under Cap. Source: webster

10. An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause dependingbetween others, by assisting either party with money or means tocarry it on. See Champerty. Wharton. Cap of maintenance. See underCap. Source: adambom

11. n:100 n. means of maintenance of a family or group n. 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 Source: ecdict

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