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

Judicial Separation.—A judicial separation may be granted on the ground of adultery, cruelty or desertion without legal cause or excuse continued for two years and upwards.

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

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 Ringrose, Hyacinthe

In the following year he obtains a judicial separation from his wife.

From International Incidents for Discussion in Conversation Classes by Oppenheim, L. (Lassa)

The rules as to consanguinity and affinity, the causes for divorce and judicial separation and the civil effects of marriage and divorce are the same as in England.

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

A judicial separation carries with it separation of property and restores to a woman her full civil rights, so that she may buy and sell and otherwise act as if she were a single woman.

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