Legal Speak Made Easy “Maintenance” or “Alimony”? You’ll often come across the term “alimony” (from the Latin “alimonia”, meaning “nourishment” or “support”) in American movies and series. It also occasionally crops up in some older English law contexts such as P.G. Wodehouse’s wry comment that, “Judges, as a class, display, in the matter of arranging … Continue reading Legal Speak Made Easy “Maintenance” or “Alimony”?