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Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support..

Jaghir :: "Jaghir (n.) A village or district the government and revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in consideration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops..

Prebend :: Prebend (n.) A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice..

Maintenance :: Maintenance (n.) That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.

Manutenency :: Manutenency (n.) Maintenance.

Espousal :: Espousal (n.) The uniting or allying one's self with anything; maintenance; adoption; as, the espousal of a quarrel..

Scholarship :: Scholarship (n.) Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student.

Keeping :: Keeping (n.) Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping..

Maintenance :: Maintenance (n.) The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.

Champerty :: Champerty (n.) The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See Maintenance..

Aliment :: Aliment (v. t.) To provide for the maintenance of.

Sustaltic :: Sustainment (n.) The act of sustaining; maintenance; support.

Supporter :: Supportation (n.) Maintenance; support.

Orangeman :: Orangeman (n.) One of a secret society, organized in the north of Ireland in 1795, the professed objects of which are the defense of the regning sovereign of Great Britain, the support of the Protestant religion, the maintenance of the laws of the kingdom, etc.; -- so called in honor of William, Prince of Orange, who became William III. of England..

Exhibition :: Exhibition (n.) Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars..

Assertion :: Assertion (n.) Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives..

Belong :: Belong (v. i.) To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town..

Maintenance :: Maintenance (n.) An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause depending between others, by assisting either party with money or means to carry it on. See Champerty..

Sustentation :: Sustentation (n.) The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance..

Pensionary :: Pensionary (a.) Consisting of a pension; as, a pensionary provision for maintenance..

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