Severable

Word SEVERABLE
Character 9
Hyphenation sev er a ble
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Severable"

What do we mean by severable?

Capable of being severed or separated. adjective

Capable of being separated into legally distinct rights or obligations that can be enforced independently, as in a contract where not all promises must be performed before legal action can be taken to enforce some portion. adjective

Capable of being severed.

Capable of being severed. adjective

Capable of being severed. adjective

Capable of being separated. adjective

Capable of being divided or dissociated adjective

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The word "severable" in example sentences

The ruling says the "individual mandate," which imposes a fine on individuals who do not purchase health insurance, is unconstitutional and not "severable" from the full law. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Though bill sponsor Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, said state law already allows wind rights to be separated from the surface rights to a piece of private property, the bill would make the law explicit, allowing wind rights to be "severable" from surface rights. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The examples Shaw discusses include two ECtHR rulings under the European Convention for Human Rights, where reservations by Switzerland and Turkey were held to be invalid and severable, meaning that the ratification stood but the reservation didn’t, and a “highly controversial” General Comment by the — now abolished — UN Human Rights Committee under the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The examples Shaw discusses include two ECtHR rulings under the European Convention for Human Rights, where reservations by Switzerland and Turkey were held to be invalid and severable, meaning that the ratification stood but the reservation didn’t, and a “highly controversial” General Comment by the — now abolished — UN Human Rights Committee under the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

But marriage is not severable from key quality of life issues, and, in fact, by advocating for full marriage, the gay rights movement has inadvertently pulled other issues further along with it. ❋ Tracy Baim (2011)

I think that both health care reform and immigration reform are areas where most of the dependencies are severable. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Judge Vinson declared, in the Florida case in which 26 states are challenging the law, that the whole law is unconstitutional because he was convinced by the administration's insistence that the individual mandate was essential and the mandate was therefore not "severable." ❋ Grace-Marie Turner (2011)

Now, what's interesting is both the Obama administration and the states that are the plaintiffs in this case have said that it is not severable--that is, if the mandate is struck down, the whole law has to go down. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And then: Over two thousand pages of laws certainly contain items (e.g., restaurant menu labeling, tanning taxes) that theoretically could have been enacted separately from the mandate, and might be considered severable. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hence the need for the Senate to consider treaties non-severable from their reservations in order to preserve the latter. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My reading of a long list of cases ranging from questions of the Carriage Tax to the National Firearms Act suggests that tax powers are usually severable from regulatory interests. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But the main provision of Obamacare – turning private insurance companies into ultra-regulated public utilities – makes no sense without the individual mandate; it would not have been enacted without the mandate, and it is not severable. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The CAO is basically establishing a "separate and severable" clause in the law. ❋ Dennis Santiago (2011)

But the main provision of Obamacare – turning privateinsurance companies into ultra-regulated public utilities – makes no sense without the individual mandate; it would not have been enacted without the mandate, and it is not severable. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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