Legal Separation

Definitions: Legal Separation

Legal Separation

Noun

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

2. The cessation of cohabitation of man and wife.

Synonym: Legal Separation

Synonym: judicial separation (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Legal separation

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Legal separation is a possible step towards divorce under United States law. A couple are legally separated if they have gotten a court to recognize their separation; simply living apart does not constitute separation for these purposes. A period of legal separation constitutes grounds for divorce; the length of that period varies from state to state.

Legal separation does not automatically lead to divorce. The couple may reconcile, in which case they need do nothing in order to remain married. If they do not reconcile, and wish to divorce after the statutory time period, they must file for divorce explicitly.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Legal separation."

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Crosswords: Legal Separation

English words defined with "legal separation": judicial separation. (references)

Specialty definitions using "legal separation": DIVORCE. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Legal Separation

Domain	Title
Books	How to Draw Up Your Legal Separation, Cohabitation, or Property Settlement Agreement Without a Lawyer (reference) The Colorado Divorce Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Dissolution of Marriage & Legal Separation in Colorado (reference) The Illinois Divorce Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Dissolution of Marriage & Legal Separation in Illinois (reference) The Missouri Divorce Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Dissolution of Marriage & Legal Separation in Missouri (The Divorce Series) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Legal Separation

Subject	Topic	Quote
Women	Chile	The law permits legal separation but not divorce, so those who wish to remarry must seek annulments. (references)
	Bahamas	The Domestic Court, which exclusively addresses family issues such as spousal abuse, maintenance payments, and legal separation, continued to receive a high volume of cases. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Legal Separation

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
legal separation	693
legal separation form	37
california legal separation	26
legal separation agreement	20
legal separation papers	18
free legal separation form	18
legal separation texas	14
indiana legal separation	12
filing for legal separation	12
divorce legal separation	11
legal separation florida	10
legal separation document	10
legal separation canada	9
legal separation law	9
legal separation in texas	9
ohio legal separation	8
legal separation information	8
legal separation advice	4
divorce file legal separation	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Legal Separation

Language		Translations for "legal separation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		scheiding van tafel en bed (judicial separation). (various references)

French		séparation judiciaire, séparation de corps et de biens. (various references)

German		Trennung von Tisch und Bett (judicial separation). (various references)

Hungarian		jogérvényes válás, jogérvényes elválás, életközösség megszüntetése (judicial separation). (various references)

Pig Latin		egallay eparationsay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Legal Separation

Misspellings
	"Legal Separation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: legal seperation. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Legal Separation

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
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