MAINTENANCE - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
means of maintenance of a family or group
Categories: Support, Keep, Livelihood, Living, Bread and butter, Sustenance
Meaning 2
Part of speech: 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
Example: unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit
Categories: Wrongdoing, Wrongful conduct, Misconduct, Actus reus
Synonyms
Maintenance, Sustainment, Upkeep, Alimony, Criminal maintenance
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "maintenance" comes from Old French maintenance, which comes from Middle English mayntenaunce.
🔗 Related Words
maintain – A related word in the same word family.
ance – A related word in the same word family.
maintain – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
For 300 years after 1066, French was the language of English courts and nobility.