legal separation
1. a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart • Syn: judicial separation • Topics: law, jurisprudence • Hypernyms: decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript 2. (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) • Syn: separation • Derivationally related forms: separate (for: separation) • Topics: law, jurisprudence • Hypernyms: cessation, surcease
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