MAINTENANCES - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

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

Example: they were in want of sustenance; fishing was their main sustainment

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

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

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

means of maintenance of a family or group

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

Example: he wrote the manual on car care

Meaning 5

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