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separation agreement

separation agreement. 1. An agreement between spouses in the process of a divorce or legal separation concerning alimony, maintenance, property division, child custody and support, and the like. — Also termed separation order (if approved or sanctioned judicially). See temporary order under ORDER. 2. DIVORCE AGREEMENT. [Cases: Husband and Wife 277.]

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separate property

separate property. 1. Property that a spouse owned before marriage or acquired during marriage by inheritance or by gift from a third party, and in some states property acquired during marriage but after the spouses have entered into a separation agreement and have begun living apart or after one spouse has commenced a divorce action.

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separation

separation. 1. An arrangement whereby a husband and wife live apart from each other while remaining married, either by mutual consent (often in a written agreement) or by judicial decree; the act of carrying out such an arrangement. — Also termed separation from bed and board. See divorce a mensa et thoro under DIVORCE. [Cases:

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