The judicial branch maintains courts to interpret the laws of the Osage Nation.

This branch maintains an Italian-language collection as well as a local history collection in addition to its regular holdings.

This branch maintained matrimonial relations with the Imperial Guptas.

The branch also maintained correspondence with a large number of Swedish individual scholars, painters, musicians and artists.

The institutional branch of the Army is responsible for training and maintaining soldiers and equipment so the operational branch can do its job effectively.

These branches maintain their own lineages, techniques and histories, usually stemming from the main family line.

Each branch of the military also maintained its own nuclear-related research agencies (generally related to delivery systems).

One branch of the animal rights community maintains that castration is mutilation and damaging to the animal's psyche.

The seven branches function independently, but maintain close contacts and share most traditions.

But the main noble branch of Awan tribe maintained their dominian in these mountainous regions.