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LEGAL SEPARATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does legal separation mean?
• LEGAL SEPARATION (noun)
The noun LEGAL SEPARATION has 2 senses:
1. a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart
2. (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
Familiarity information: LEGAL SEPARATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("legal 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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
legal separation; separation
Hypernyms ("legal separation" is a kind of...):
cessation; surcease (a stopping)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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