judicial separation
Americannoun
noun
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If the decree is not complied with, such non-compliance is equivalent to desertion, and a suit for judicial separation may be instituted immediately.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose
"The law allows them the remedy of judicial separation."
From Running Sands by Reginald Wright Kauffman
The petitioner can at any stage of the case change the petition for a divorce into a petition for a judicial separation.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose
Divorce.—A divorce in Spain only amounts to what in other countries is called a judicial separation.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose
It's no use to either of us, mother, to get what is called judicial separation.
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. by Charles James Lever
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