1. A judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart
   - judicial separation 
2. (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
   - separation

Derived forms: legal separations

Type of: cessation, decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript, surcease

Encyclopedia: Legal separation

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