SEVERABLE


Meaning of SEVERABLE in English

ˈsev(ə)rəbəl adjective

Etymology: sever + -able

: capable of being severed

grew as a song, never unsung or conceived of as severable from its melody — H.O.Taylor

especially : capable of being divided into legally independent rights or obligations — used of a statute or contract of which the part to be performed consists of distinct items to which the consideration may be apportioned so that the invalidity or failure of performance as to one item does not necessarily affect the others

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