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Pendente lite, Alimony

Pendente lite, Alimony. See ALIMONY.

lump sum alimony

lump sum alimony see alimony

gross

: overall total exclusive of deductions in gross 1 : as a lump sum see also lump sum alimony at alimony 2 : independently existing, belonging to a person, and not attached to land see also easement

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palimony

a form of alimony paid to a former partner in a romantic relationship after a period of living together even though the

support

necessities of life (as food, shelter, and clothing) : a source of livelihood esp. in the form of alimony or child support 3 : something that provides support

Husband and wife

of conjugal rights, Queen v. Jackson, (1891) 1 QB 671. Consult Lush on Husband and Wife; and see ALIMONY; MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY; JUDICIAL SEPARATION; MATRIMONIAL CAUSES; WITNESS; DIVORCE

Estovers, or estouviers

i.e., fovere, Lat., to keep warm, cherish, sustain, or defend]. Bote, any kind of sustenance; also a wife's alimony. Estoveria sunt ardendi, arandi, construendi et claudendi. 13 Rep. 68.--(Estovers are of firebote, ploughbote, housebote, and hedgebote.) Wood

Estoverlis habendis

Estoverlis habendis, a writ for a wife judicially separated to recover her alimony or estovers. Obsolete.

Allegation of faculties

faculties, the statement of a person's means. A term formerly used in the Ecclesiastical Courts in proceedings for alimony.

Aliment

Aliment [fr. alimentum, Lat.], a fund for maintenance-alimony, Scots Law.

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