actus reus vs criminal maintenance

criminal maintenance vs actus reus

actus reus and criminal maintenance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
actus reus	Yes	No	No	No
criminal maintenance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, criminal maintenance is a hyponym of actus reus; that is, criminal maintenance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than actus reus:

actus reus: activity that transgresses moral or civil law
criminal maintenance: the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community

Other hyponyms of actus reus include brutalisation, brutalization, encroachment, intrusion, trespass, usurpation, violation, civil wrong, tort, malversation, misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed, dereliction, malfeasance, misfeasance, malpractice, malpractice, perversion, injury, injury, iniquity, injustice, shabbiness, unfairness, infliction, evildoing, transgression, dishonesty, knavery, falsification, misrepresentation, champerty, maintenance, infringement, violation.

actus reus (noun)	criminal maintenance (noun)
activity that transgresses moral or civil law	the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community

Difference between actus reus and criminal maintenance

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