divorce from bed and board

English

Noun

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

1. 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