noun. The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained.

noun. The work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep.

noun. undefined

noun. Provision of support or livelihood.

noun. Means of support or livelihood.

noun. The wrongful aiding of another in the pursuit or defense of a lawsuit, especially in jurisdictions where nonparties are legally prohibited to provide financial assistance.

noun. The act of maintaining, keeping up, supporting, or upholding; preservation; sustentation; vindication: as, the maintenance of a family; the maintenance of right.

noun. That which maintains or supports; means of livelihood.

noun. Bearing; behavior.

noun. In law

noun. An officious intermeddling in a suit in which the meddler has no interest, by assisting either party with means to prosecute or defend it. This is a punishable offense at common law.

noun. Formerly, a like intermeddling with the controversy of others, as to land, by wrongfully taking or holding possession in aid of one party.

noun. In a more general sense, an interfering with the due course of justice.

noun. Synonyms Justification, preservation.—2. Subsistence, Livelihood, etc. See living.

noun. The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.

noun. That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

noun. Payments, such as child support or alimony, to a dependent child not living with one or to a divorced wife.

noun. See under Cap.

noun. Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service

noun. 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.

noun. A provision ordered to be made by way of periodical payments or a lump sum, as after a divorce for a spouse.

noun. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence

noun. court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

noun. means of maintenance of a family or group

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

noun. activity involved in maintaining something in good working order