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How to use legal separation in a sentence

The grown-up Stephanie Tanner allegedly filed for legal separation from Coyle this week, after just 15 months of marriage.
5 Celebs Who Vowed Not to Marry Until Same-Sex Marriage Was Legal|Abby Haglage|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She calls it a “legal separation only,” and says she will stay by his side “as long as I can help him.”
Mark Goudeau, Phoenix 'Baseline Killer,' Sentenced to Death|Terry Greene Sterling|November 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The case was brought before the court, a decision was promptly rendered, and a legal separation was thus effected.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence|Eugne Sue
He not only did not bother about getting a legal separation, but he ran away with a young girl, whom he had grown to love.
The Common Sense of Socialism|John Spargo

Minor degrees of unworthiness may entitle the innocent party to a legal separation, but without the power of re-marriage.
August Comte and Positivism|John-Stuart Mill
Moreover, mere unhappiness, mere disappointment of the affections, does not establish a claim for legal separation.
Not Pretty, But Precious|John Hay, et al.
He had legally married his wife, but he did not bother about getting a legal separation.
The Common Sense of Socialism|John Spargo

British Dictionary definitions for legal separation

legal separation

noun

another term (esp US) for judicial separation

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