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Meanings of judicial separation in English

A judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart.

Synonyms
Examples for "legal separation"
Examples for "legal separation"
1
In 2001, after her legal separation, a judge gave her single tenancy rights.
Reuters
2
Capella wishes to be rid of his wife, by death or legal separation.
The Stowmarket Mystery; Or, A Legacy of Hate
3
A legal separation could be given for adultery, cruelty, or heresy.
Our Legal Heritage: The First Thousand Years: 600 - 1600 / King ...
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This was immediately before her legal separation from her husband.
Women of Modern France
5
The Government has rejected EU proposals to amend state laws governing divorce and legal separation.
The Irish Times
Usage of judicial separation in English
1
You know best whether Olivia could insist upon a judicial separation.
The Doctor's Dilemma
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I charged him with cruelty, won my case, and obtained a judicial separation.
Flames
3
Had I beheld you billing and cooing, truly I had counselled a judicial separation!'
The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
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A year ago, the High Court granted a decree of judicial separation to the couple.
The Irish Times
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Jean's marriage broke up in 1990 and she and her husband got a judicial separation.
The Irish Times
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Adultery would be settled by flogging respondent and co-respondent, with a judicial separation after the punishment.
Ismailia
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And in the end Queenie left off talking about divorce and contented herself with a judicial separation.
Anne Severn and the Fieldings
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The wife got a judicial separation.
Flames
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After some years of quarrelling, which culminated in personal violence on her husband's part, she obtained a judicial separation.
The Whirlpool
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The jury has heard Mrs Diver was having an affair and was seeking a judicial separation from her husband.
The Irish Times
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If the couples could not agree terms between then either party could apply to the courts for a judicial separation.
The Irish Times
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The sale proceeds will benefit the three adult children of a woman who died since the 2008 judicial separation order.
The Irish Times
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There are, at present, over 1,700 judicial separation applications awaiting hearing in the Circuit Courts.
The Irish Times
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There is no such thing as judicial separation, which "is rightly condemned as being contrary to public policy."
Woman and Womanhood: A Search for Principles
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Mrs N from Waterford has been married for nearly 30 years and is now in the process of a judicial separation.
The Irish Times
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A father of four has been granted leave to bring High Court proceedings aimed at halting judicial separation proceedings in the Circuit Court.
The Irish Times
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