Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Sustain
ub. 1. To support or maintain, esp. over a long period <enough oxygen to sustain life>. 2. To nourish and encourage; lend strength to <she helped sustain the criminal enterprise>. 3. To undergo; suffer <Charles sustained thirddegree burns>. 4. (Of a court) to uphold or rule in favor of <objection sustained>. 5. To substantiate or corroborate <several witnesses sustained Ms. Sipes's allegation>. 6. To persist in making (an effort) over a long period <he sustained his vow of silence for the last 16 years of his life>. - sustainment, sustentation, n. - sustainable, adj.
life-sustaining procedure
A medical procedure that uses mechanical or artificial means to sustain, restore, or substitute for a vital function and that serves only or mainly to postpone death.