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Definition Necessaries - the common law doctrine that if a person fails to support another to whom he has a duty to support, he or she becomes liable to the third parties who provide the necessaries, such as a grocer.

Application in Divorce Sometimes called the doctrine of necessaries, necessaries can be enlisted by a wife in the early stage of a separation when she and her children are without income.

A calculation of necessaries may be made in early stages of a separating, but rather than applying the doctrine of necessaries, temporary support orders are an easier way to pay for basic goods.

Necessaries include food, drink, clothing, medical attention and a suitable place of residence.

The doctrine of necessaries can be extended to include good and articles required to maintain a usual mode of living.

See Temporary Support.

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