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severable, a.|ˈsɛvərəb(ə)l|
[f. sever v. + -able.]
Capable of being severed or separated; † distinct, separate. severable contract: see quot. 1848.
1548Geste Agst. Pr. Masse G v b, By Paules doctryne to serue the aultare & to preache be soundrye and seuerable offices and ministeryes. 1641Termes de la Ley s.v. Apportionment, Common appendant is of common right and severable. 1651tr. Kitchin's Courts Leet (1653) 292 Suit by two is not severable. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) V. 470 A joint estate given to the husband and wife before marriage..is severable. 1847C. G. Addison Contracts ii. i. §1 (1883) 250 The ornamental fixtures now held severable and removable by the tenant are..stoves, tapestry,..and ornamental cornices capable of being detached without injury to the building. 1848Wharton Law Lex. s.v. Contract, A severable contract is one, the consideration of which is, by its terms, susceptible of apportionment on either side, so as to correspond to the unascertained consideration on the other side. 1852C. Wordsworth Occas. Serm. Ser. iii. 42 Whether secular knowledge can rightly be regarded as severable from religion. 1878A. Mitchell Past in Present, etc. (1880) 231 A state could not give up its gods, nor could the gods give up a state. The connection was not severable. 1884Law Times Rep. LI. 532/1 Two causes of action which are severable and distinct. |