support

support: 1. support, verb

Furnishing funds or means for maintenance; to maintain; to provide for; to enable to continue; to carry on. To provide a means of livelihood. To vindicate, to maintain, to defend, to uphold with aid or countenance

2. support, noun

That which furnishes a livelihood; a source or means of living; subsistence, sustenance, maintenance, or living. In a broad sense the term includes all such means of living as would enable one to live in the degree of comfort suitable and becoming to his station of life. It is said to include anything requisite to housing, feeding, clothing, health, proper recreation, vacation, traveling expense, or other proper cognate purposes; also, proper care, nursing, and medical attendance in sickness, and suitable burial at death.

See also maintenance

Support also signifies the right to have one's ground supported so that it will not cave in, when an adjoining owner makes an excavation. This support is of two kinds, lateral and subjacent. Lateral support is the right of land to be supported by the land which lies next to it. Subjacent support is the right of land to be supported by the land which lies under it.

See also family expense statutes

- legal duty

- legal obligation

- maintenance

- necessaries

- nonsupport; Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; separate maintenance.

@ crime of non-support

A person commits a misdemeanor if he persistently fails to provide support which he can provide and which he knows he is legally obliged to provide to a spouse, child or other dependent. Model Penal Code, No. 230.5.

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Ground for divorce

Non-support of spouse, if able to so provide, is a ground for divorce under many state statutes.

Legal duty.

Most all states have statutes which impose obligation to support spouse and children; e.g. "Every individual shall support his or her spouse and child, and shall support his or her parent when in need." Calif. Civil Code, No. 242.

Interstate enforcement.

The majority of states have adopted the "Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act" as a means of interstate enforcement of support obligations

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Synonyms:

Sustain, uphold, prop, brace, bear up, hold up, shore up, Prop, stay, shore, supporter, brace, hold / Carry on, maintain / Endure, bear, undergo, suffer, tolerate, put up with, go through, Base, basis, bed, foundation / Cherish, nourish, maintain, provide for, nurture, Sustenance, maintenance, subsistence, livelihood, living, keeping, sustentation / Have, hold, keep up, maintain, sustain, preserve, Nutriment, sustenance, food, bread / Perform, play, act, take the part of, sustain, assume, carry, represent, Aid, help, assistance, succor, favor, countenance, encouragement, patronage, comfort / Substantiate, confirm, make good, verify / Assist, aid, help, second, patronize, abet, befriend, back, countenance, encourage, back up, succor, relieve, uphold, favor, shield, protect, defend / Further, forward, advocate, vindicate, maintain, defend, stay, assist / Accompany (as an assistant), attend, act as aid to

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support — [ sypɔr ] n. m. • 1466; de 1. supporter 1 ♦ Vx Le fait, l action de supporter, d aider. ⇒ soutien. ♢ Le fait de subir. « Le support des imperfections d autrui » (Fénelon). ⇒ 1. supporter. 2 ♦ (XVIe) Mod. Ce qui supporte; ce sur quoi une chose… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Support — Sup*port , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supported}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supporting}.] [F. supporter, L. supportare to carry on, to convey, in LL., to support, sustain; sub under + portare to carry. See {Port} demeanor.] 1. To bear by being under; to keep… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
support — sup·port 1 vt 1 a: to promote the interests or cause of b: to uphold or defend as valid or right c: to argue or vote for 2: to provide with substantiation or corroboration support an alibi 3: to provide with the means … Law dictionary
Support — may refer to the following:* Sympathy, emotional support; * Technical support (a.k.a tech support) in computer hardware, software or electronic goods; * Support (mathematics), a kind of subset of the domain of a function; * Support (measure… … Wikipedia
support — vb 1 Support, sustain, prop, bolster, buttress, brace are comparable when they mean to hold up either literally or figuratively, though they vary greatly in their specific senses and in the range of their applicability. Support suggests the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
support — [sə pôrt′] vt. [ME supporten < MFr supporter < LL(Ec) supportare, to endure, bear < L, to carry, bring to a place < sub ,SUB + portare, to carry: see PORT3] 1. a) to carry or bear the weight of; keep from falling, slipping or sinking; … English World dictionary
support — [n1] something that holds up structure abutment, agency, back, backing, base, bed, bedding, block, brace, buttress, collar, column, cornerstone, device, flotation, foothold, footing, foundation, fulcrum, groundwork, guide, hold, lining, means,… … New thesaurus
support — Support. s. m. Aide, appuy, soustien, protection. Ce fils est le support de sa vieillesse, de sa famille. je n ay point d autre support au monde que cet ami. servir de support à quelqu un. il a des amis. il n est pas sans support. il a le support … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Support — Sup*port , n. [F.] 1. The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining. [1913 Webster] 2. That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind. [1913 Webster] 3. That which… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Support — (Anglizismus v. engl. support [səˈpɔːɹt] = „die Unterstützung“; to support = „unterstützen“) steht für: Support (Dienstleistung), problemorientierte Beratungstätigkeiten Vorgruppe einer (bekannteren) Musikband bei einem Live Auftritt Träger… … Deutsch Wikipedia
support — qu on fait à aucun, Fauor, Suffragatio. Avoir du support, Avoir des amis, Amicitiis propinquitatibusque subleuari ac sustentari. Bud. Support et appuy d une race, Columen familiae. Support et appuy de quelque chose, Adminiculum … Thresor de la langue françoyse

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