Used in a Sentence

severable

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for severable.

Editorial note

The Court is highly unlikely to rule that it's partially severable, so we'll probably see the whole ACA struck down, or only the mandate.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Capable of being severed.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of severable gathered in one view.

adjective

Capable of being severed.

adjective

(law, economics) Capable of being separated.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for severable.

Example sentences

1

The Court is highly unlikely to rule that it's partially severable, so we'll probably see the whole ACA struck down, or only the mandate.

2

What parts of that clear license to the public are severable from the source distribution?

3

Another trade-off is liability, who pays out if one of these projects gets sued; are they individually severable from the parent entity?

4

The courts have held that an unenforceable clause in a contract that is not indicated as 'severable' will make the entire contract unenforceable.

5

Govern isn’t a verb in American Federal law severable from Acts of Congress.

6

Recently I've determined to only sign NDAs that are severable, that only cover the patentable aspects of a business.

7

Typically there is no penalty - and contracts explicitly declare that all clauses are severable so that the rest of the contract remains valid even if one of the scare-clauses is found to be invalid.

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Also, sometimes they may not be severable based on jurisdiction.

9

Making the counts non-severable is a legal and constitutional impossibility.

10

I'm not even sure what original/severable elements could exist in that particular case.

11

It probably requires a combination of regulations and regular stress tests; but nothing prevents the domestic company's operations from being as de facto severable as a car factory.

12

But as far as ideas are concerned, I think RMS's romanticization of MIT hackers is severable from most of his well-known stances on software freedom.

Quote examples

1

Again, you’re trying to pick apart the “but that’s separate from the supply increase!” and unfortunately that’s not really severable.

2

Also, one can distinguish between "he is a person with autism" (not so great phrasing, implies autism is a severable condition) and "he has mild-moderate autism" (better, more specific/accurate meaning).

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But then we all realized that intelligence might be severable from those other parts, and we might have an "oracle" that when asked questions could provide sensible answers, but would have no agency.

4

I've no doubt that what the NSA does actually is "constitutional" under the common corrupted interpretations of it - government programs are structured to avoid mortal conflicts with the constitution, sympathetic or even just probabilistic courts then assert that specific facets aren't actually over the line, and severable agents acting "independently" informally make up the difference.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use severable in a sentence?

The Court is highly unlikely to rule that it's partially severable, so we'll probably see the whole ACA struck down, or only the mandate.

What does severable mean?

Capable of being severed.

What part of speech is severable?

severable is commonly used as adjective.