severable

severable
/sev"euhr euh beuhl, sev"reuh-/, adj.
1. capable of being severed.
2. Law. separable or capable of being treated as separate from a whole legal right or obligation: a severable contract obligation.
[1540-50; SEVER + -ABLE]

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