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Webster 1913 Edition


Maintainor

Main-tain′or

,
Noun.
[OF.
mainteneor
, F.
mainteneur
.]
(Crim. Law)
One who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.
Bouvier.
Wharton.

Definition 2024


maintainor

maintainor

English

Noun

maintainor (plural maintainors)

  1. (law) One who, not being an interested party, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.
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