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.
In ancient Rome, there were different types of tribunes, including military tribunes, consular tribunes, and plebeian tribunes. The word tribune is connected with the word tribe, in Latin (tribunus and tribus) just as in English. Originally, a tribune represented a tribe; later, tribune refers to a variety of officers. Here are three of the main types of tribunes you'll find in reading ancient Roman history.