Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Separation \Sep`a*ra"tion\, n. [L. separatio: cf. F.
   s['e]paration.]
   The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or
   separate. Specifically:
   (a) Chemical analysis.
   (b) Divorce.
   (c) (Steam Boilers) The operation of removing water from
       steam.

   {Judicial separation} (Law), a form of divorce; a separation
      of man and wife which has the effect of making each a
      single person for all legal purposes but without ability
      to contract a new marriage. --Mozley & W.

Source : WordNet®

judicial separation
     n : a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities
         of a married couple living apart [syn: {legal separation}]