severability clause

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• severability clause — n: a clause (as in a contract) which states that provisions are severable; esp: a clause in a statute that makes the statute s parts or provisions severable so that one part can be invalidated without invalidating the whole – called also… …   Law dictionary

• Severability clause — The severability clause (sometimes referred to as a salvatorius clause, from the Latin word salvatorius ) is the name for a special clause that regulates the legal consequences or the applicability of the remaining clauses of a contract when some …   Wikipedia

• severability clause —    A provision in a contract that preserves the remainder of the contract if a portion of it is invalidated by a court. Without such a clause, if a court found that one part of the contract was unenforceable, the entire document would be invalid …   Business law dictionary

• severability clause — See saving clause severable statute …   Black's law dictionary

• severability clause — Same as saving clause …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Severability — A clause in a contract that allows for the terms of the contract to be independent of one another, so that if a term in the contract is deemed unenforceable by a court, the contract as a whole will not be deemed unenforceable. If there were no… …   Investment dictionary

• Severability — In law, severability refers to a provision in a contract which states that if parts of the contract are held to be illegal or otherwise unenforceable, the remainder of the contract should still apply. Sometimes, severability clauses will state… …   Wikipedia

• severability — the rule of construction of contracts that allows a court to ignore a part of a contract that would render it in some way defective and to read instead what is left. It has been applied to restrictive covenants where, if the words are capable of… …   Law dictionary

• saving clause — sav·ing clause n: a clause in a statute exempting something from the statute s operation or providing that the rest of it will stand if part is held invalid; also: a contractual clause providing that if part of the contract is invalidated the… …   Law dictionary

• separability clause — sep·a·ra·bil·i·ty clause /ˌse pə rə bi lə tē / n: severability clause Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• saving clause — In a statute, an exception of a special thing out of the general things mentioned in the statute. Ordinarily a restriction in a repealing act, which is intended to save rights, pending proceedings, penalties, etc., from the annihilation which… …   Black's law dictionary