separate maintenance
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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
A separate maintenance loan is intended to cover accommodation, food, books and equipment.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024
Most inspection reports will separate maintenance work from more pressing matters.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2022
The bride replied by asking a Washington court for $100 a week separate maintenance.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In case of separation only, the petitioner may be assigned a separate maintenance out of the property of the husband or wife as the case may be.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted