separate maintenance
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The separate maintenance loan is intended to cover accommodation, food, books and equipment.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025
Students in Northern Ireland from less well-off backgrounds can also get a separate maintenance grant of up to £3,475, depending on their household income.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025
Most inspection reports will separate maintenance work from more pressing matters.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
Finally their two-year marriage went all aflivver and Jill sued for separate maintenance, demanding all of their communal property.
From Time Magazine Archive
No limited divorce; but wife has an action for separate maintenance in case of desertion or neglect to provide on part of husband.
From A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. by Eugene Arthur Hecker
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