Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun judicial_separation

1 sense of judicial separation

Sense 1
legal separation, judicial separation -- (a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart)
       => decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript -- (a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there")