JUDICIAL SEPARATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does judicial separation mean? • JUDICIAL SEPARATION (noun)
The noun JUDICIAL SEPARATION has 1 sense:
1. a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart
Familiarity information: JUDICIAL SEPARATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• JUDICIAL SEPARATION (noun)
Meaning:
A judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
judicial separation; legal separation
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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