judicial separation

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noun Law.

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

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Also called limited divorce.

Words nearby judicial separation

judicial branch, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, judicial conference, judicial restraint, judicial review, judicial separation, judiciary, judicious, judiciously, Judith, judo

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How to use judicial separation in a sentence

Cairo should have listened to Amal Clooney last year when she recommended judicial reforms.
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He advocates a secular regime with a total separation of religion form the government.
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Enter Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which threatened to sue.
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But the picture is torn in half by the geographic separation of the friezes.
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Black people are tense because they are sick and tired of being subjected to what they see as a prejudiced judicial system.
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To Harrison and his wife there was no distinction between the executive and judicial branches of the law.
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These differences of interests will lead to disputes, ill blood, and finally to separation.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
This judicial bent of the child is a curious one and often develops a priggish fondness for setting others morally straight.
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In the New Testament a few examples appear in which his utterances are given a quasi-judicial tone.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
With this object in view, he has been continually paid his salary from the judicial expenses.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various

British Dictionary definitions for judicial separation

judicial separation

noun

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

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