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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Example Sentences

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

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

"The law allows them the remedy of judicial separation."

From Running Sands by Kauffman, Reginald Wright

Judicial Separation.—A judicial separation may be granted for the following causes: 1.

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

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