basic concept of maintainance
Maintenance, as per Black's Law Dictionary, inter alia, means sustenance , support, assistance, aid. The furnishing by one person to another, for his or her support, of the means of living, or food, clothing, shelter, etc. particularly where the legal relation of the parties is that one is bound to support the other, as between father and child, or husband and wife. While the term primarily means food, clothing and shelter, it has also been held to include such items as reasonable and necessary transportation or automobile expenses, medical and drug expenses, utility and household expenses.
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