judicial separation

American  

noun

Law.

1. a decree of legal separation of spouses that does not dissolve the marriage bond.

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judicial separation British  

noun

1. family law a court decree requiring a man and wife to cease cohabiting but not dissolving the marriage See also a mensa et thoro Compare divorce

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judicial separation

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 Ringrose, Hyacinthe

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 Mackie, Charles

A judicial separation may be obtained by either spouse because of: 1.

From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe

I am sorry to say that I had letters from them both of a nature that positively prohibits publication; and a mutual acquaintance told me that Charlotte had applied for a judicial separation.

From The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Arnim, Elizabeth von

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 Ringrose, Hyacinthe