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Legal separation   /lˈigəl sˌɛpərˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Legal separation

noun
1.
A judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart.  Synonym: judicial separation.
2.
(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order).  Synonym: separation.





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"Legal separation" Quotes from Famous Books



... You can make them say what you wish. No, no divorce for Gilberte. [In a soft, low voice.] Simply a legal separation—that is admissible, at least, and it is good form. Let them separate. I am separated—all fashionable people separate, and everything goes all right, ...
— A Comedy of Marriage & Other Tales • Guy De Maupassant


Words linked to "Legal separation" :   edict, fiat, jurisprudence, cessation, rescript, law, surcease, order, decree


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