legal separation

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legal separation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  legal separation
      n 1: a judicial decree regulating the rights and
           responsibilities of a married couple living apart [syn:
           legal separation, judicial separation]
      2: (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either
         by mutual agreement or under a court order) [syn: legal   separation
         , separation]