251. (15) There are several reasons also for separation. Separations can be separations from the bed or separations from the house. Reasons for separations from the bed are many, likewise for separations from the house. We concern ourselves here, however, with legitimate ones. (Since reasons for separation coincide with grounds for taking a mistress, to which we devote a chapter in the second part of this work,* the reader is therefore referred to that section to see the grounds in their own sequential development.) Legitimate reasons for separation are as follows:
* See "Taking a Mistress," nos. 462ff.