Separation

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(Steam Boilers) The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate. 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.

Noun	1.	separation - the act of dividing or disconnecting
	2.	separation - coming apart Synonyms: breakup, detachment
	3.	separation - the state of lacking unity Antonyms: unification, union - the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union"
	4.	separation - the distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning" Synonyms: interval
	5.	separation - sorting one thing from others; "the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"
	6.	separation - the social act of separating or parting company; "the separation of church and state"
	7.	separation - the space where a division or parting occurs; "he hid in the separation between walls"
	8.	separation - termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
	9.	separation - (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) Synonyms: legal separation

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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