A quantity surveyor (QS) is a professional working within the construction industry concerned with construction costs and contracts. Services provided by a quantity surveyor may include:1  Cost planning and commercial management throughout the entire life cycle of the project from inception to post-completion.2  Value engineering.ervices provided by a quantity surveyor may include: 1  Cost planning and commercial management throughout the entire life cycle of the project from inception to post-completion. 2  Value engineering.
divorce. n. 1. (Law) the dissolution of a marriage by judgment of a court or by accepted custom. 2. (Law) a judicial decree declaring a marriage to be dissolved. 3. a separation, esp one that is total or complete.
In a legal separation, the parties are still married, versus a divorce where the marriage is ended. 1  A legal separation is a court order that mandates the rights and duties of a couple while they are still married, but living apart. In a divorce, the spouses are no longer married.