See also:

• ALIMENT (from Lat. aliment-um, from alere to nourish)

ALIMENT (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. aliment-um, from alere to nourish)  , a synonym for " See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food," literally or metaphorically . The word has also been used in the same legal sense as See also:

• ALIMONY (from Lat. alere, to nourish)

ALIMONY (q.v.) . See also:

• ALIMENT (from Lat. aliment-um, from alere to nourish)

Aliment, in Scots See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, is the sum paid or See also:

• ALLOWANCE (from "allow,' derived through 0. Fr. alouer from the two Lat. origins adlaudare, to praise, and allocare, to assign a place; so that the English word combined the general idea of "assigning with approval")

allowance given in respect of the reciprocal See also:

• OBLIGATION

obligation of parents and See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, See also:

• HUSBAND

husband and wife, grandparents and grandchildren, to contribute to each other's See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance . The See also:

• TERM

term is also used in regard to a similar obligation of other parties, as of creditors to imprisoned debtors, the payments by parishes to paupers, &c . Alimentary funds, whether of the See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind above mentioned, or set apart as such by the See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed of a testator, are intended for the See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere support of the recipient, and are not attachable by creditors .