In legal|lang=en terms the difference between champerty and maintenance
is that champerty is (legal) investing money into an individual’s law suit while maintenance is (legal) (uk english) alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
As nouns the difference between champerty and maintenance
is that champerty is (legal) investing money into an individual’s law suit while maintenance is actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
champerty
English
Noun
(champerties)
(legal) investing money into an individual’s law suit.
Related terms
* camp
* campus
* champertous
* champertor
See also
* barratry
References
maintenance
Alternative forms
* maintenaunce
Noun
(
en noun)
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service
(legal) A tort committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.
(legal) (UK English) Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
Related terms
* maintain
See also
* high-maintenance
* low-maintenance
* maintenance-free
* maintenance window
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