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Noun Concept
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maintenance  criminal maintenance
EN
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 WordNet 3.0
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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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
wrongdoing
CATEGORY DOMAIN
law
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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maintenance, criminal maintenance

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