Alimony - Law Dictionary Search Results
debt
agreement (as a loan agreement) [to pay the s…of the United States "U.S. Constitution art. I"] [a for alimony] b : an obligation to pay or perform on another's claim [discharged the ] compare asset, equity NOTE:
libellant
admiralty) by a libel ;esp : the petitioner or plaintiff in a divorce proceeding [the agreed to pay alimony] 2 : libeler
palimony
palimony [blend of pal and alimony] : a court-ordered allowance paid by one member of a couple formerly living together out of wedlock to
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Allegation of faculties
faculties, the statement of a person's means. A term formerly used in the Ecclesiastical Courts in proceedings for alimony.
Public order
a distinct corrodation. Investigation into the offence under the Essential Commodities Act, may not be equated with the maintenance of public order as is commonly understood, Romesh Lal Jain v. Naginder Singh Rana, (2006) 1 SCC 294.
Champerty
Champerty, is a species of maintenance and therefore it is convenient to use the phrase 'Champertous maintenance', distinguishing it from simple maintenance, in which
Consideration
a promise by word of mouth or in writing which is not a deed, requires valuable consideration to support it, but if the promise is by deed, even the expressed absence of any consideration will not affect
County Councils
(4) Management of halls,offices and other buildings; (5) Licensing of houses formusic and dancing and of racecourses; (6) Maintenance and management of hospitals and rate-aided mental hospitals. (7) Education and maintenance of schools; (8) Management of roads
Judicial separation
and relief can also be obtained by a husband where the wife is an habitual drunkard (ibid.). Under Maintenance Acts the husband can be ordered to make weekly payments to his wife, which can be enforced by
Remainder
a resulting or implied use in order to give such a remainder existence. A chattel interest will not support a contingent remainder, since, while the contingency is in suspense, there must be an ulterior estate of freehold
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