alimony, maintenance
(noun) court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
Source: WordNet® 3.1
alimony (countable and uncountable, plural alimonies)
(legal) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
Synonym: maintenance
The means to support life.
• Molniya
Source: Wiktionary
Al"i*mo*ny, n. Etym: [L. alimonia, alimonium, nourishment, sustenance, fr. alere to nourish.]
1. Maintenance; means of living.
2. (Law)
Definition: 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. Wharton. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
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