judicial separation

noun

, Law.

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

judicial separation

noun

1. See divorce, a mensa et thoro
   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

Example Sentences

I read to him portions of your letter, and he is of opinion that you might get what he calls a judicial separation.

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Those were the circumstances which paved the way for open war and the demand for judicial separation.

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It does not avoid a marriage nor constitute per se a ground either for divorce or for judicial separation.

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The only divorce decree granted is from bed and board, and amounts in effect to what is termed a judicial separation in England.

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The petitioner can at any stage of the case change the petition for a divorce into a petition for a judicial separation.

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