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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
separation
n 1: the state of lacking unity [ant: unification, union]
2: coming apart [syn: separation, breakup, detachment]
3: the distance between things; "fragile items require
separation and cushioning" [syn: interval, separation]
4: sorting one thing from others; "the separation of wheat from
chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"
5: the social act of separating or parting company; "the
separation of church and state"
6: the space where a division or parting occurs; "he hid in the
separation between walls"
7: the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
8: (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either
by mutual agreement or under a court order) [syn: legal
separation, separation]
9: the act of dividing or disconnecting
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Separation \Sep`a*ra"tion\, n. [L. separatio: cf. F.
s['e]paration.]
The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or
separate. Specifically:
(a) Chemical analysis.
(b) Divorce.
(c) (Steam Boilers) The operation of removing water from
steam.
[1913 Webster]
Judicial separation (Law), a form of divorce; a separation
of man and wife which has the effect of making each a
single person for all legal purposes but without ability
to contract a new marriage. --Mozley & W.
[1913 Webster]
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
SEPARATION, contracts. When the husband and wife agree to live apart they
are said to have made a separation.
2. Contracts of this kind are generally made by the husband for himself
and by the wife with trustees. 4 Paige's R. 516; 3 Paige's R. 483; 5 Bligh,
N. S. 339; 1 Dow & Clark, 519. This contract does not affect the marriage,
and the parties may, at any time agree to live together as husband and wife.
The husband who has agreed to a total separation cannot bring an action for
criminal conversation with the wife. Roper, Hush. and Wife, passim; 4 Vin.
Ab. 173; 2 Stark. Ev. 698; Shelf. on Mar. & Div. ch. 6, p. 608.
3. Reconciliation after separation supersedes special articles of
separation in courts of law and equity. 1 Dowl. P. C. 245; 2 Cox, R. 105; 3
Bro. C. C. 619, n.; 11 Ves. 532. Public policy forbids that parties should
be permitted to make agreements for themselves to hold good whenever they
choose to live separate. 5 Bligh, N. S. 367, 375; and see 1 Carr. & P. 36.
See 5 Bligh, N. S. 339; 2 Dowl. P. C. 332; 2 C. & M. 388; 3 John. Ch. R.
521; 2 Sim. & Stu. 372; 1 Edw. R. 380; Desaus. R. 45, 198; 1 Y. & C. 28; 11
Ves. 526; 2 East, R. 283; 8 N. H. Rep. 350; 1 Hoff. R. 1.
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Thesaurus Results for separation:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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