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maintenance definition - legal

n

  1. Financial support paid by one ex-spouse to another pursuant to a legal separation or divorce.
  2. The effort and expense of the upkeep of property.
  3. To assist a party to a lawsuit with which one has no connection by providing financial or other support to enable the party to pursue the matter.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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