the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | activity involved in maintaining something in good working order |
the collection of rules imposed by authority | the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence |
| 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 |
| means of maintenance of a family or group |
| court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated |