judicial separation
Americannoun
noun
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He refused, however, to pronounce a decree of judicial separation, on the ground that as the parties themselves had been examined, he could not treat the husband’s answer as a counter petition.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Charles Mackie
A judicial separation carries with it separation of property and restores to a woman her full civil rights, so that she may buy and sell and otherwise act as if she were a single woman.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose
Judicial Separation.—A judicial separation may be granted on the ground of adultery, cruelty or desertion without legal cause or excuse continued for two years and upwards.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose
Summary Jurisdiction Act.—Besides the ordinary suit for a judicial separation a wife may obtain speedy and inexpensive relief by making an application to a stipendiary magistrate for an order of separation and maintenance.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose
The lady has no children, or any prospect of one; and so there is nothing in the way of a judicial separation on account of incompatibility.
From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various
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