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Term Definition
Judicial Separation
- a legal separation.
Application in Divorce
In a legal or judicial
separation
, the couple divide property and live apart, but they are still married to each other.
Available in some states, a
judgment
that ends the marriage.
Also called
Separate Maintenance
.