JUDICIAL SEPARATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

judicial separation; legal separation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("judicial separation" is a kind of...):

decree; edict; fiat; order; rescript (a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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