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separate maintenance

separate maintenance : maintenance paid (as by court order) from one spouse … order) from one spouse to another during separation [entitlement to separate maintenance does not extend to the division of marital assets "Kennedy

alimony

spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce compare child support alimony in gross : lump … in this entry 2 : means of living, support, or maintenance [fathers and mothers owe to their illegitimate children "Louisiana Civil

Alimony

at its termination, when she proves herself entitled to a separate maintenance, and the fact of a marriage is established. But she

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Maintenance-effect on divorce

Maintenance-effect on divorce, if there is no specific provision to the

legal separation

legal separation : a separation of spouses which does not involve a … of the marriage but in which certain arrangements (as for maintenance and custody) are ordered by the court called also divorce

gross income

interest; (5) rents; (6) royalties; (7) dividends; (8) alimony and separate maintenance payments; (9) annuities; (10) income from life insurance and contracts

Husband and wife

party was not limited in his remedy to the wife's separate estate, Earle v. Kingscote, (1900) 1 Ch 203, but the … felony'even by his order'her covertures is no excuse. As to maintenance of the wife by the husband under the Poor Law,

Judicial separation

Judicial separation, granted either to husband or wife on the ground of … husband where the wife is an habitual drunkard (ibid.). Under Maintenance Acts the husband can be ordered to make weekly payments

spousal support or maintenance

made to help support a spouse or former spouse during separation or following divorce. Also called alimony. … spousal support or maintenance Financial payments made to help support a spouse or former

separated

separated : being in a state of estrangement between spouses usually … in a state of estrangement between spouses usually requiring the maintenance of separate residences and the intent to live apart permanently

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