A mensa et thoro是一个法律词汇，翻译为“法定分居”。即一种不解散婚姻关系的分居状态，处于此种状态下的配偶不得再婚。

A mensa et thoro：a Latin term meaning "from table and bed" which became used in English as "from bed and board."

A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marri age bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife. Neither spouse has the right to remarry where there is a divorce a mensa et thoro; only parti es who have been awarded a divorce a vinculo matrimonii, the more common type of divorce, can do so.

在我国，分居（separation）是指夫妻双方在继续维持其夫妻关系的情况下，停止共同生活，并各自建立属于自己的生活方式的状况。通常情况下，即使夫妻双方仍然同住于一个屋檐下，但只要彼此已分房，各不相干，这种情况如果满了两年，那么在法律上即可认定为夫妻分居。在法定分居情况下，双方当事人可通过自愿协商或法庭判决的方式对财产分割、配偶赡养费、子女抚养费等问题作出安排。

【分居不等于自动离婚】

男女婚姻关系建立的唯一合法途径就是到婚姻登记机关办理结婚登记。而解除婚姻关系的合法途径有三条：

1、是到婚姻登记机关办理离婚，由登记机关收缴结婚证，颁发离婚证，结婚证或离婚证均是公民个人婚姻状态的法律凭证;

2、是由人民法院判决离婚，即通过诉讼途径解除当事人的婚姻关系;

3、是非常态的，即婚姻一方当事人死亡或是被人民法院宣告死亡的，则婚姻关系自然终止。

参考双语例句：

Family courts are competent to try issues such as judicial separation, divorce and alimony, as well as to decide on matters relating to minor and other children (such as adoption, exercise of parental responsibilities and representation of children).

家庭法院有权审判法定分居、离婚和赡养费等问题，并就有关未成年人及其他儿童(如收养儿童、行使父母责任和代表儿童)问题进行裁定。

Section 11C(2) of that Ordinance allows a married woman to have her own independent domicile for certain limited purposes (e.g., the jurisdiction of court in respect of divorce, nullity, judicial separation).

该条例第11C(2)条容许已婚女子为若干受限制目的(例如︰法院就离婚、婚姻无效、裁定分居的司法管辖权)而有自己的独立居籍。

In this regard, the Committee, noting that the majority of alternative care institutions available in the State party are operated by NGOs under the supervision of the Ministry of Solidarity and Equity, is concerned that the alternative child care system remains weak and geared towards institutionalization rather than being family-oriented, and that it lacks a proper inspection and monitoring system.

45,845名儿童因母亲经济状况恶劣、忽视和家庭暴力以及父母分居而被机构收容。在这方面，委员会注意到缔约国内大部分替代照料机构是在团结和公平部的监督指导下由非政府组织经营管理，但依然关切的是，替代性儿童照料系统目前还很脆弱，仍着眼于机构收容而不是以家庭照料为主，并且缺乏适当的检查和监督机制。

The Amendment further broadened the incidence of the Law, to include marriageannulment, declaration that the marriage was void and separation according to religious law that does not allow divorce, in addition to divorce.

修正案进一步扩大了法律的影响，除离婚外，将宣告婚姻无效包含在内，即宣布婚姻无效，并根据不允许离婚的宗教法实施分居。