legal separation

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legal separation Meaning of "legal separation"

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Definition(s):

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

Synonym(s)

judicial separation

Usage(s):

  1. It just wasn't true, explained Peter, that he and Patricia Kennedy Lawford, 41, had decided on a legal separation after eleven years of marriage.
  2. After producing three children and five bad movies, Actress Ingrid Bergman, 40, and Italian Director Roberto Rossellini, 51, signed a legal separation agreement in Rome.
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