Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, one guilty of maintenance (see
maintenance , 4); one who maintains a cause depending between others in which he has no interest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Crim. Law) One who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law One who, not being an
interested party, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.
Etymologies
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Old French mainteneor, French mainteneur.
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