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Definition of Alimented
1. aliment [v] - See also: aliment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alimented
Literary usage of Alimented
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Decisions of the Court of Session: From 1681 to 1691 by Roger Hog of Harcarse, Scotland Court of Session (1757)
"... extending the aft of parliament ; yet they found, that the mother having
alimented her fon, the heir, ..."
2. Supplement to the Dictionary of the Decisions of the Court of Session by Mungo Ponton Brown, William Maxwell Morison, Scotland Court of Session (1826)
"... children for aliment, to have alimented his two grandchildren ex pietate
paterna for the two years he claimed ; and therefore refused him any aliment. ..."
3. The Upper Canada Law Journal and Municipal and Local Courts' Gazette by William S. Hein & Company (1858)
"In the first place, the vindicators say that the father, having alimented and
advanced his son, has a right to his sole succession on the ground ofthat ..."
4. The Law Magazine and Law Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of Jurisprudence by William S. Hein & Company (1857)
"alimented by the predecessor (to use the terms of our late comprehensive fiscal
statute) during his lifetime. For example, a man supports his wife and ..."
5. The Scots Revised Reports, [Court of Session]: Faculty Collection, 1807-1825 by Scotland Court of Session (1906)
"The Court thought it quite absurd that he should he alimented in prison, when he
had it in his power to do the thing, and did not require time for it, ..."
6. Cases Decided in the Court of Session by Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Shaw, Scotland, Court of Session (1834)
"... and got mournings along with the others for one of the children, and was
alimented and clothed by Mr» Symon after it went to reside with her, ..."
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