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Definition of "legal separation" []

  • A court decree recognizing that a married couple is living apart and regulating the couple's mutual rights and liabilities. Also called judicial separation. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "legal separation" in a sentence
  • "The Civil Code of 1804, though imposing conditions more rigorous than those of the Law of 1792, maintained divorce, and at the same time re-established legal separation (séparation de corps)."