n. the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community
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Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon
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A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies
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(physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations
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(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc n
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n power to direct or determine n a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another n (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc n a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment n the activity of managing or exerting control over something n the state that exists when one person or group has power over another n discipline in personal and social activities n great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity n a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine n a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance n the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. v exercise authoritative control or power over v lessen the intensity of
