Alimony vs. Maintenance
Alimonynoun
(legal) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
Alimonynoun
The means to support life.
Alimonynoun
Maintenance; means of living.
Alimonynoun
An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same.
Alimonynoun
court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
Alimony
Alimony (also called aliment (Scotland), maintenance (England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Canada, New Zealand), spousal support (U.S., Canada) and spouse maintenance (Australia)) is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to their spouse before or after marital separation or divorce. The obligation arises from the divorce law or family law of each country.
Maintenancenoun
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service
Maintenancenoun
(legal) A tort committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.
Maintenancenoun
Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
Maintenancenoun
(legal) Child support.
Maintenancenoun
Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
Maintenancenoun
(biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
Maintenancenoun
The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.
Maintenancenoun
That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.
Maintenancenoun
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.
Maintenancenoun
Those actions required for the care of machinery, a building, etc., to keep it clean and in proper functioning condition, and to prevent or forestall damage due to normal use.
Maintenancenoun
Payments, such as child support or alimony, to a dependent child not living with one or to a divorced wife.
Maintenancenoun
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order;
Maintenancenoun
means of maintenance of a family or group
Maintenancenoun
court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
Maintenancenoun
the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence;
Maintenancenoun
the process of preserving a condition or situation or the state of being preserved
Maintenancenoun
the process of keeping something in good condition
Maintenancenoun
the provision of financial support for a person's living expenses, or the support so provided
Maintenancenoun
a husband's or wife's provision for their spouse after separation or divorce
Maintenancenoun
the offence of aiding a party in a legal action without lawful cause.
