necessaries

noun plural | \ ˈne-sə-ˌser-ēz \ | nec·es·sar·ies
  1. a : such goods, services, or expenses as are essential to the maintenance and support of a present or former spouse or of the child of divorced parents and for which one spouse or parent may seek reimbursement or contribution from the other

    b : essential goods or services furnished to a vessel whose supplier may be entitled to a maritime lien

  1. : goods or services delivered to a minor that are considered by reference to his or her circumstances to warrant holding the minor to a contract for them despite an attempt to disaffirm it