divorce from bed and board

English

Noun

divorce from bed and board (countable and uncountable, plural divorces from bed and board)

A situation where spouses live apart without having legally dissolved their marriage; this may be either a long-term arrangement or a first step towards actual divorce.

Synonyms

legal separation
marital separation
separation from bed and board

Translations

marital arrangement

Dutch: scheiding van tafel en bed
Finnish: vuode- ja asumusero
German: Trennung von Tisch und Bett
Hungarian: ágytól és asztaltól való elválás
Icelandic: skilnaður að borði og sæng
Irish: dealú ó chuibhreann agus ó chaidreamh

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