The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
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.