Actual maintenance
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 15 U.S. 32 - Hunter v. Bryant · 1817Most cited · 6 citing opinions
in equivalence to separate-maintenance bond
On this subject the majority of the court is satisfied, that actual maintenance is equivalent to the payment of a sum secured for separate maintenance. It is true, the husband cannot claim his election; but, if the wife and her trustees never demand it, it is considered as an acquiescence, or waiver, on their part, and this court will not afterwards enforce payment.
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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Actual maintenance” — 6 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.