What is the meaning of the term "maintain"?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Canada (Attorney-General) v. Lavery, 1989 CanLII 5310 (BC SC):
Black's Law Dictionary, 5th ed., includes the following definition of "maintain" from Smallwood v. Gallardo, 275 U.S. 56: "To maintain an action or suit may mean to commence or institute it; the term imports the existence of a cause of action. Maintain, however, is applied to actions already brought."
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