judicial separation
Americannoun
noun
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It is an absolute bar to a suit for judicial separation that the petitioner has committed adultery since the marriage.
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
Judicial Separation.—A judicial separation may be granted for the following causes: 1.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose
The union was unhappy, and in 1666 she demanded a judicial separation.
From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Montague Summers
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
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