maintenance vs actus reus

actus reus vs maintenance

maintenance and actus reus both are nouns.

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

As nouns, actus reus is a hypernym of maintenance; that is, actus reus is a word with a broader meaning than maintenance:

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
actus reus: activity that transgresses moral or civil law

Other hypernyms of maintenance include misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct.

maintenance (noun)	actus reus (noun)
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order	activity that transgresses moral or civil law
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

Difference between maintenance and actus reus

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