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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 apartplay

2. (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)play

  Familiarity information: LEGAL SEPARATION used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEGAL 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 ("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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