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Divorce Dictionary

Term	Definition
Magistrate	Officer of the court who tries simpler cases.
Maintenance	Money paid by a spouse for the financial support of the other or by a parent for the support of a child.
Maintenance Order	Order that one party should pay monies for the maintenance of another.
Maintenance Pending Suit	Court-ordered amount of interim spousal maintenance paid until the conclusion of financial proceedings.
Mareva Injunction	Court order which freezes a party’s assets and prevents their removal from the jurisdiction.
Martin Order	Rare order used to postpone the sale of the marital home.
McKenzie Friend	Lay advisor permitted to provide reasonable assistance to a litigant-in-person.
Mediation	Alternative dispute resolution attempted in an effort to prevent the case reaching court. Synonyms - Arbitration, Reconciliation
Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (MIAM):	Compulsory meeting an applicant must attend to determine whether mediation is appropriate in his particular case.
Merit	Inherent quality of a case which justifies bringing it to court.
Mesher Order	Order preventing the sale of the matrimonial home and allowing a parent to remain in residence until a triggering event.
Mirror Order	Order which must be obtained from a foreign jurisdiction before the English or Welsh Court will allow a parent to remove their child to that jurisdiction.
Misdirection	Error made by a judge either in relation to the law or to the facts of a case.
Motion Roll Hearing	In Scotland, an interim hearing.