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severable

severable : capable of being severed : divisible [a contract] [a

joint and several : relating or belonging to two or more parties together

Severance, separating or severing. See SEVER. The act of cutting off;

Several, 'several' cannot relate back to infinity it has its own

Sever. Defendants are said to 'sever' in their defences when they

several [Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin separalis, from Latin separ separate] 1

Doctrine severability, the main test to determine severability are (i) whether the

The act of severing or the state of being severed partition separation

Melior est justitia vere pr'veniens quam severe puniens. 3 Inst. Epil.-(Justice truly preventing is better than severely

Several inheritance, an inheritance conveyed so as to descend to two