JUDICIAL SEPARATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does judicial separation mean? 

• JUDICIAL SEPARATION (noun)
  The noun JUDICIAL SEPARATION has 1 sense:

1. a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart

  Familiarity information: JUDICIAL SEPARATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUDICIAL SEPARATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

judicial separation; legal separation

Hypernyms ("judicial separation" is a kind of...):

decree; edict; fiat; order; rescript (a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)