Maintenance
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
quast contracts, is the support which one person, who is bound by law to do so, gives to another for his living; for example, a father is bound to find maintenance for his children; and a! child is required by law to maintain! his father or mother, when they cannot support themsclves, and he has ability to maintain them.