Separation
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in law, either the voluntary agreement of husband and wife to live apart or a partial dissolution of the marriage relation by court order.
Separation at Legal Glossary What is it? A situation in which the partners in a married couple live apart. Spouses are said to be living apart if they no longer reside in the same dwelling, even though they may continue their relationship.
Separation Agreement definition:
A private contract between separating spouses resolving issues of joint, family or marital property or assets, support and child responsibilities.
Separation Of Witnesses: An order of the court requiring all witnesses to remain outside the courtroom until each is called to testify, except the plaintiff or defendant.
Separation
(n) Separation is the state where a married couple live apart either at the same place or at different places, with out maintaining the marriage relationship, whether by a formal separation or by mutual desire.
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Legal Separation: A declaration by a court that the parties can live separate and apart even thought they are still married to each other.
Leverage Factors: Considerations made by each parties pertaining to the issues that are being disputed.
Judicial Separation
A court order that allows a husband and wife to separate and not cohabit, however, their marriage is not over.
Separation: When spouses no longer cohabitate or live together.
Separation Agreement: An agreement on support, child care and property covering the period before divorce but after separation.
separation: in matrimonial law, a cessation of cohabitation of husband and wife by mutual agreement, or in the case of "judicial separation," under the decree of a court ...
SEPARATION AGREEMENT: In a marital breakup, a document that outlines the terms of the couple's separation.
SEPARATION, contracts. When the hushand and wife agree to live apart they are said to have made a separation.
LEGAL SEPARATION: a court order allowing spouses to live separate and apart while remaining legally married.
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MAINTENANCE: one spouse's payment to the other for financial support; the same as alimony or spousal support.
Legal Separation: A court order describing the conditions under which two married people will live separately.
Lien: A charge, hold, or claim upon property of another as security for a debt.
Legal Separation:
A court order establishing the terms of: custody, support, etc. under which a married couple will live separately.
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Separation
Definition - Noun
1 : cessation of cohabitation between a married couple by mutual agreement with intent that it be permanent
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separation
n. married persons living apart, either informally by one leaving...
separation agreement
n. an agreement between two married people who have agreed to liv...
separation
A situation in which the partners in a married couple live apart. Spouses are said to be living apart if they no longer reside in the same dwelling, even though they may continue their relationship.
Separation of Powers
Under the separation-of-powers doctrine, the judiciary shares power with the executive and legislative branches of government at both the state and federal levels.
Separation and exclusion of witnesses from the courtroom.
Irrevocable Trust
A trust that, once set up, the grantor may not revoke.
d. separation for two years AND the respondent's consent to divorce
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The separation of a case into two separate trials of a case where two or more defendants have been named in the same criminal indictment or information; the removal of one or more claims in a civil lawsuit so that such claims may be tried separately.
Invoke the rule - Separation and exclusion of witnesses from the courtroom.
Severance - The separation of offenses or defendants into different trials.
Show Cause Order - Court order requiring a person to appear and show why some action should not be taken.
Parenting PlanA plan developed by parents which sets out their arrangements for the care of their children after separation. The plan can be informal or can be contained in a separation agreement or court order.
Hence arose a separation, which became more and more marked, between legislation and jurisprudence. This change was not produced suddenly, the old method being at first adhered to. In 1245 Innocent IV.
custody of children - The care, control and maintenance of a child which may be awarded by a court to one of the parents as in a divorce or separation proceeding.
A child may be considered an orphan because of the death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents.
Essentially, a new state replaces a former state through annexation, union, dissolution, or separation. Partial succession occurs when a sovereign state partly loses its independence or when a partially controlled state becomes fully independent.
Divorces a mensa et thoro, are a mere separation of the parties for a time for causes arising since the marriage; they are pronounced by tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
Islamic law is probably best known for deterrent punishment, which is the basis of the Islamic criminal system and the fact that there is no separation of church and state. Under Islamic law, the religion of Islam and the government are one.
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DIVORCE The legal separation of husband and wife, effected by a judgment or decree of court dissolving the marriage relationship.
DOMICILE A person's legal residence.
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[Latin: for so long as she remains chaste]. Separation agreements years ago used to contain dum casta clauses which said that if the women were to start another relationship, she forfeited her entitlement to maintenance.
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" A divorce a mensa et toro, is rather a separation of the parties by act of law, than a dissolution of the marriage. It may be granted for the causes of extreme cruelty or desertion of the wife by the husband. 2 Eccl. Rep. 208.
ALIMONY:
Also called maintenance or spousal support. In a divorce or separation, the money paid by one spouse to the other in order to fulfill the financial obligation that comes with marriage.
A MENSA ET THORO
from bed and board. A divorce a mensa et thoro, is rather a separation of the parties by act of law, than a dissolution of the marriage. It may... more ...
Sequestration of Witnesses: Keeping all witnesses (except plaintiff and defendant) out of the courtroom except for their time on the stand, and cautioning them not to discuss their testimony with other witnesses. Also called separation of ...
between two or more persons, who seem to have conflicting interests, to abuse the law or the legal system, deceive a court or to defraud a third party. For example, if the partners in a marriage agree to lie about the duration of their separation in ...
Abandonment of a child by its parents may be a criminal offense when accompanied by failure to perform parental duty. Abandonment in marriage dissolution (divorce) means voluntary separation or desertion of one spouse from the other.
Separation agreements years ago used to contain dum casta clauses which said that if the women were to start another relationship, she forfeited her entitlement to maintenance. Dum sola Latin: for so long as she remains unmarried.
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