legal separation

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Noun legal separation has 2 senses

legal separation, judicial separation - a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart
--₁ is a kind of decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
legal separation, separation - (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
--₂ is a kind of cessation, surcease