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  • 41estover — /astowvar/ The right or privilege which a tenant has to furnish himself with so much wood from the demised premises as may be sufficient or necessary for his fuel, fences, and other agricultural operations. 2 Bl.Comm. 35. An allowance made to a… …

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  • 42judicial separation — A separation of man and wife by decree of court, less complete than an absolute divorce. A limited divorce or a divorce a mensa et thoro. Judicial system. Entire network of courts in a particular jurisdiction. The federal judicial system consists …

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  • 43legal separation — A court order arranging the terms (custody, support, etc.) under which a married couple will live separately. See also divorce (divorce a mensa et thoro) separate maintenance separation of spouses …

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  • 44bed — The hollow or channel of a water course; the depression between the banks worn by the regular and usual flow of the water. The land that is covered by the water in its ordinary low stage. Area extending between the opposing banks measured from… …

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  • 45bed and board — Divorce a mensa et thoro. See divorce …

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  • 46de estoveriis habendis — /diy estaviriyas habendas/ Writ for having estovers. A writ which lay for a wife divorced a mensa et thoro, to recover her alimony or estovers. 1 Bl.Comm. 441 …

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  • 47estover — /astowvar/ The right or privilege which a tenant has to furnish himself with so much wood from the demised premises as may be sufficient or necessary for his fuel, fences, and other agricultural operations. 2 Bl.Comm. 35. An allowance made to a… …

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  • 48judicial separation — A separation of man and wife by decree of court, less complete than an absolute divorce. A limited divorce or a divorce a mensa et thoro. Judicial system. Entire network of courts in a particular jurisdiction. The federal judicial system consists …

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  • 49legal separation — A court order arranging the terms (custody, support, etc.) under which a married couple will live separately. See also divorce (divorce a mensa et thoro) separate maintenance separation of spouses …

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  • 50separation from bed and board — A species of separation not amounting to a dissolution of the marriage. Same as separation a mensa et thoro (q.v.) …

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