maintenance#2 (n)
criminal maintenance (n)

n00765791

type n
lex_filenum 04
def 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
examples unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit
Outgoing links
Hypernym wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
Domain of synset - TOPIC law, jurisprudence
Incoming links
Hyponym wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
Member of this domain - TOPIC law, jurisprudence

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