SEPARATION

(A) contracts. When the husband and wife agree to live apart they are said to have made a separation. 2. Contracts of this kind are generally made by the husband for himself and by the wife with trustees. This contract does not affect the marriage, and the parties may, at any time agree to live together as husband and wife. The husband who has agreed to a total separation … [Read more...] about SEPARATION

Lat. In old conveyancing. Severally. A word which made a several covenant 5 Coke, 23a. … [Read more...] about SEPARATIM

practice. The trial of one person by himself, when he is jointly indicted with others for an alleged offence. 2. On a joint indictment against two or more defendants for a crime of misdemeanor, it is in the discretion of the court whether to allow a separate trial for each prisoner, or to order the whole of them to be tried together. … [Read more...] about SEPARATE TRIAL

Property that is not community property and owned exclusively by one spouse. For example, property that was acquired by a spouse prior to the marriage. … [Read more...] about SEPARATE PROPERTY

contracts. An allowance made by a husband to his wife for her separate support and maintenance. 2. When this allowance is regularly paid, and notice of it has been given, no person who has received such notice will be entitled to recover against the husband for necessaries furnished to the wife, because the liability of the husband, depends on a presumption of authority … [Read more...] about SEPARATE MAINTENANCE