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Separate Definition – Separate Defined – Legal Terminology
Separate :Separate. Adj. Not connected with something; distinct; forming an entity or unit by itself. V. (1) To divide; to move apart; to place a boundary between things. (2) For a judge to order witnesses at a trial to stay out of the courtroom except for when they are testifying. (3) For a husband and wife to move into different homes intending to. N. longer live together as a couple, often as a precursor to divorce; if the separation is ordered by a court, it is called a legal separation. N. separation.