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The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate. Specifically:
Divorce. The operation of removing water from steam. Judicial separation, 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.
Origin: L. Separatio: cf. F. Separation.
(01 Mar 1998)
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