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a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart

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  1. n. a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart
  2. n. (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)