Found 1 items, similar to Separate maintenance.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Separate maintenance Separate \Sep"a*rate\, p. a. [L. separatus, p. p. ] 1. Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected. [1913 Webster] Him that was separate from his brethren. --Gen. xlix. 26. [1913 Webster] 2. Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected. [1913 Webster] For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinnere. --Heb. vii. 26. [1913 Webster] 3. Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls. [1913 Webster] Separate estate (Law), an estate limited to a married woman independent of her husband. Separate maintenance (Law), an allowance made to a wife by her husband under deed of separation. [1913 Webster] -- Sep"a*rate*ly, adv. -- Sep"a*rate*ness, n. [1913 Webster]