legal separation
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Tweet n. 1. An arrangement terminating the rights and responsibilities of marriage and providing for the disposition of marital property, alimony, and child custody. Unlike a divorce, a legal separation can be revoked, but also may be converted into a divorce in the absence of reconciliation. 2. A court order establishing this arrangement. In both senses also called judicial separation. |
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