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• separate estate of wife — A property owned, held and controlled by a married woman free from the dominion or control by the husband, as provided in equity or by Married Woman s Acts. 26 Am J1st H & W §§ 34 et seq. A property placed by law in the ownership, management, and …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• separate maintenance — n: maintenance paid (as by court order) from one spouse to another during separation entitlement to separate maintenance does not extend to the division of marital assets Kennedy v. Kennedy, 662 So. 2d 179 (1995) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of… …   Law dictionary

• separate — [sep′ə rāt΄; ] for adj. & n., [sep′ə rit, sep′rit] vt. separated, separating [ME separaten < L separatus, pp. of separare, to separate < se , apart (see SECEDE) + parare, to arrange, PREPARE] 1. to set or put apart into sections, groups,… …   English World dictionary

• separate — sep·a·rate / se pə ˌrāt/ vb rat·ed, rat·ing vt: to cause the separation of vi: to undergo a separation the couple separated last year compare divorce Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …   Law dictionary

• Wife — For other uses, see Wife (disambiguation). The Merchant s Wife (1918) by Boris Kustodiev …   Wikipedia

• separate — I separate, verb To disunite, divide, disconnect, or sever. See sever II separate, adj Individual; distinct; particular; disconnected. Generally used in law as opposed to joint, though the more usual antithesis of the latter term is several.… …   Black's law dictionary

• separate assessment — Before April 1990, an election that could be made by one party to a marriage in the UK enabling each party to pay his or her own tax. Unlike an election for separate taxation of wife s earnings, this saved no tax. Husband and wife are now subject …   Accounting dictionary

• separate and apart — A characterization of a status in the relations between husband and wife in which there has been, not merely a discontinuance of sexual relations, but a living apart for such a period and in such a manner that the fact that they are not living… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• separate — 1 / sepFrit/ adjective 1 things, places, buildings etc that are separate are not joined to each other or touching each other: separate bedrooms | The poor travelled in a separate carriage. (+ from): Keep the fish separate from the other food. 2… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• separate maintenance — Provision made by a husband for the support of his wife living apart from him. The condition or status of a married woman who is living apart from her husband and is being supported by him, but without being divorced from him. An action which in… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• separate property — An estate in a community property jurisdiction held, both in its use and in its title, for the exclusive benefit of either the husband or the wife. 15 Am J2d Community Prop § 3. <b></b>See separate estate of wife …   Ballentine's law dictionary