legal separation
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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However, gifts of money received by your stepdaughter during her marriage could be subject to division during legal separation or divorce proceedings.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025
The ghost isn’t as hostile as a mother who lets her daughter flounder, or as a husband who tiptoes off to call lawyers about a possible legal separation rather than communicate with his wife.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
They subsequently filed court papers seeking a legal separation from the agency, but the case has yet to be heard.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2025
You also take on more risk because there’s no legal separation between the owner and the business.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2024
But I hated the practice of apartheid—the legal separation of blacks and whites.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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