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severable

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sev·er·a·ble  (svr--bl, svr-)
adj.
Capable of being severed or separated; separable into legally distinct rights or obligations, as a contract.

sever·a·bili·ty n.

severable [ˈsɛvərəbəl]
adj
1. able to be severed
2. (Law) Law capable of being separated, as a clause in an agreement a severable contract
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Adj.1.severable - capable of being divided or dissociated; "often drugs and crime are not dissociable"; "the siamese twins were not considered separable"; "a song...never conceived of as severable from the melody";
divisible - capable of being or liable to be divided or separated; "even numbers are divisible by two"; "the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible"


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451, the IRS differentiates contracts that require performance of severable services from contracts that do not have severable services.
For tax purposes, a covenant not to compete is recognized when it is severable from goodwill, the agreement is separately bargained for, and the covenant can be shown to have economic substance.
The fastening elements are severable from the continuous web in the transverse direction as longitudinal sections and the continuous web with the folded, Z-shaped configuration wound to form the roll.
 
 
 
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