separate estate

Separate \Sep"a*rate\, p. a. [L. separatus, p. p. ]
   1. Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected;
      separated; -- said of things once connected.
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            Him that was separate from his brethren. --Gen.
                                                  xlix. 26.
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   2. Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said
      of things that have not been connected.
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            For such an high priest became us, who is holy,
            harmless, undefiled, separate from sinnere. --Heb.
                                                  vii. 26.
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   3. Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate
      spirit; the separate state of souls.
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   {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.
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      {Sep"a*rate*ness}, n.
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SEPARATE ESTATE. That which belongs to one only of several persons; as, the 
separate estate of a partner, which does not belong to the partnership. 2 
Bouv. Inst. n. 1519. 
     2. The separate estate of a married woman, is that which belongs to 
her, and over which her husband has no right in equity. It may consist of 
lands or chattels. 4 Barb. S. C. Rep. 407; 1 Const. R. 452; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 
3996.