legal separation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflegalandseparation
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legal
adjective
uk/ˈliː.ɡəl/us/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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separation
noun
uk/ˌsep.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsep.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
a situation in which two or more people or things ...
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(Definition oflegalandseparationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There were, further, 20,000 cases brought forlegalseparation.
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This is what is crucial to alegalseparation.
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I was not proffering a draft oflegalseparation.
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A woman who is deserted or has had alegalseparationis still a wife.
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To include no requirement forlegalseparationcould clearly cause many problems.
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In the second place, how would it operate in the case of alegalseparation.
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Also, will he define exactly what is meant by "legalseparation"?
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It would not be appropriate to define "legalseparation" in this way.
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Theirlegalseparationwas announced in 1906.
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Does "legalseparation" mean only judicial separation in the shape of an order by the divorce court?
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For what view of ordained ministry is it which actually makes alegalseparationbetween bishop and priest?
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Thelegalseparation, however we define it, must have been obtained by means of judicial or other proceedings.
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He and his wife had alegalseparationin 1938.
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They were about to announce alegalseparation.
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She eventually obtained alegalseparationfrom him.
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I could also give my support to thelegalseparationof the management of railway infrastructures from the provision of transport services.
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The aim of these provisions is to strengthen legal certainty and predictability with regard to divorce and thelegalseparationof people and property.
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This enhanced cooperation is being applied in the area of the law applicable to divorce and thelegalseparationof people and property.
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Older children may not wantlegalseparationfrom their birth parents, even though they may not want to live with them.
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Presumably, the point is thatlegalseparationand divorce include some decision as to where custody of the child shall lie.
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They consider themselves, as it were, permanently separated, although, for a number of reasons, they are not divorced and have not sought alegalseparation.
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Is it not evident thatlegalseparationwill offer much firmer ground for evidence of non-access during the waiting period?
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What happens if the parties have separated because of a domestic row but there is no court order and nolegalseparation?
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Would the informality matter so long as the country concerned accepted the validity of the divorce orlegalseparationresulting from it?
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As the number of divorces increases, so too does the number of cases of discrimination when seeking divorce orlegalseparation.
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