| 单词 | separate maintenance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseparate maintenance b. Law. In full separate maintenance. An allowance made to a woman (occasionally to a man) by a (former) spouse after divorce or legal separation or during proceedings for these. Cf. alimony n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > separation allowance alimonyc1613 separate maintenance1693 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. iv. 42 No, no, for that matter—when she and I part, she'll carry her separate-maintenance about her. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 250 She demanding a separate Maintenance. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal i. i. 1 She has been the cause of six matches being broken off,..nine separate maintenances, and two divorces. 1803 G. Colman John Bull iv. i. 42 I'll settle a separate maintenance upon ould mother Brulgruddery [sc. his wife]. 1866 Act 29 & 30 Vict. c. 32 §1 It shall be lawful for the Court to make an order on the husband for payment to the wife during their joint lives of such monthly or weekly sums for her maintenance..as the Court may think reasonable. 1907 Act 7 Edward VII c. 12 §1 The court may..make an order on the husband for payment to the wife..for her maintenance. 1940 Supreme Court Reporter (U.S.) 60 428/1 The so-called alimony trust in question was created..in settlement of a suit brought by her for separate maintenance. 1956 R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond ii. 17 All those poor young unmarried fathers, ruined by maintenance. 1991 Which? Tax Saving Guide 27/2 Suppose you are a divorced man paying your ex-wife £2,500 a year maintenance. < as lemmas |
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