An allowance made for the support of a woman, legally separated from her husband. The sum is fixed by the proper judge, and granted out of the husband's estate.
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1. Maintenance; means of living.
2. An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same.
Alimony
Encyclopedia Britannica
ALIMONY is, in English Law, the allowance for maintenance to which a wife is entitled out of her husband’s estate on a decree, obtained at the wife’s instance, for judicial separation or for the dissolution of the marriage. It is settled by the judge of the Divorce Court on a consideration of all the circumstances of the case.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 1, p. 576
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Property Roget’s Thesaurus §780
N. property, possession, suum cuique, meum et tuum, ownership, proprietorship, lordship, seignority, empire, interest, stake, estate, right, title, claim, demand, holding, tenure, vested interest, contingent interest, beneficial interest, equitable interest, use, trust, benefit, legal estate, equitable estate, seizin, seisin, absolute interest, paramount estate, freehold, fee tail, fee simple, estate in fee, estate in tail, estate tail, estate in tail male, estate in tail female, estate in tail general, limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate, estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie, remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility, dower, dowry, jointure, appanage, inheritance, heritage, patrimony, alimony, legacy, falcidian law, paternal estate, thirds, assets, belongings, means, resources, circumstances, wealth, money, what one is worth, what one will cut up for, estate and effects, landed property, landed real estate property, realty, land, lands, tenements, hereditaments, corporeal hereditaments, incorporeal hereditaments, acres, ground, acquest, messuage, toft, territory, state, kingdom, principality, realm, empire, protectorate, sphere of influence, manor, honor, domain, demesne, farm, plantation, hacienda, allodium, fief, fieff, feoff, feud, zemindary, dependency, arado, merestead, ranch, free lease-holds, copy lease-holds, folkland, chattels real, fixtures, plant, heirloom, easement, right of common, right of user, personal property, personal estate, personal effects, personalty, chattels, goods, effects, movables, stock, stock in trade, things, traps, rattletraps, paraphernalia, equipage, parcels, appurtenances, impedimenta, luggage, baggage, bag and baggage, pelf, cargo, lading, rent roll, income, maul and wedges, patent, copyright, chose in action, credit, debt
V. possess, be the possessor of, own, have for one's own, have for one's very own, come in for, inherit, savor of the realty, be one's property, belong to, appertain to, pertain to
Adj. one's own, landed, predial, manorial, allodial, free lease-hold, copy lease-hold, feudal, feodal
Adv. to one's credit, to one's account, to the good, to one and his heirs for ever, to one and the heirs of his body, to one and his heirs and assigns, to one and his executors administrators and assigns
Wealth Roget’s Thesaurus §803
N. wealth, riches, fortune, handsome fortune, opulence, affluence, good circumstances, easy circumstances, independence, competence, solvency, provision, livelihood, maintenance, alimony, dowry, means, resources, substance, property, command of money, income, capital, money, round sum, mint of money, mine of wealth, el dorado, bonanza, pacatolus, golconda, potosi, long purse, full purse, well lined purse, heavy purse, deep pockets, purse of fortunatus, embarras de richesses, pelf, mammon, lucre, filthy lucre, loaves and fishes|, rich man, moneyed man, warm man, man of substance, capitalist, millionaire, tippybob*, nabob, croesus, idas, plutus, dives, timon of athens, timocracy, plutocracy, danae
V. be rich, roll in wealth, roll in riches, wallow in wealth, wallow in riches, afford, well afford, command money, command a sum, make both ends meet, hold one's head above water, become rich, strike it rich, come into a sum of money, receive a windfall, receive an inheritance, hit the jackpot, win the lottery, fill one's pocket, feather one's nest, make a fortune, make money, enrich, imburse, worship the golden calf, worship mammon
Adj. wealthy, rich, affluent, opulent, moneyed, monied, worth much, well to do, well off, warm, comfortable, well, well provided for, made of money, rich as croesus, filthy rich, rich as a jew|, rolling in riches, rolling in wealth, flush, flush of cash, flush of money, flush of tin*, in funds, in cash, in full feather, solvent, pecunious, out of debt, in the black, all straight
Phr. one's ship coming in, amour fait beaucoup mais argent fait tout, aurea rumpunt tecta quietem, magna servitus ist magna fortuna, "mammon, the least erected spirit that fell from heaven", opum furiata cupido, vera prosperita e non aver necessita, wie gewonnen so zerronnen
Receipt Roget’s Thesaurus §810
N. receipt, value received, money coming in, income, # incomings, innings, revenue, return, proceeds, gross receipts, net profit, earnings, accepta, avails, rent, rent roll, rental, rentage, rack-rent, premium, bonus, sweepstakes, tontine, pension, annuity, jointure, alimony, palimony, pittance, emolument
V. receive, take money, draw from, derive from, acquire, take, bring in, yield, afford, pay, return, accrue
Adj. receiving, received, profitable
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