The bottom line is, you want a legal separation agreement that will protect you during a separation in case your spouse fails to live up to his/her obligations as outlined in the agreement. You want an agreement that will hold up in court should you have to go to court to have it enforced.
tribÂ·une 1. n. 1. An officer of ancient Rome elected by the plebeians to protect their rights from arbitrary acts of the patrician magistrates.
The Plebeian Tribune is also known as the tribune of the people or the tribune of the plebs. The plebeian tribune had no military function but was strictly a powerful political office. The tribune had the power to help the people, a function called ius auxilii. The body of the plebeian was sacrosanct.