severable
adjective
sev·er·able
ˈsev-rə-bəl 
ˈse-və-
: capable of being severed
especially
: capable of being divided into legally independent rights or obligations
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If any provision of these terms of use shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms of use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
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Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2017
Each provision of this Agreement is severable from every other provision of this Agreement.
—oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
The new plan solves severable problems.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2020
If so, this pattern would effectively be an instantiation of Biden’s messaging—much of the campaign was spent insisting that Trump is an aberration severable from the Republican Party as a whole and that Biden would be able to work with the GOP once elected.
—Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2020
If any provision of this Agreement shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
—disneytermsofuse.com, 9 June 2020
The draft is severable, meaning that if one part of the ordinance is found unconstitutional, the rest can remain legal.
—Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2021
That is, the theory that if the mandate is not severable from the rest of Obamacare, and the mandate is void, the rest of the statute has to go.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 17 June 2021
From time immemorial, college has consisted of discrete, disconnected, severable steps.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
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Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2017
Each provision of this Agreement is severable from every other provision of this Agreement.
—oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
The new plan solves severable problems.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2020
If so, this pattern would effectively be an instantiation of Biden’s messaging—much of the campaign was spent insisting that Trump is an aberration severable from the Republican Party as a whole and that Biden would be able to work with the GOP once elected.
—Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2020
If any provision of this Agreement shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
—disneytermsofuse.com, 9 June 2020
The draft is severable, meaning that if one part of the ordinance is found unconstitutional, the rest can remain legal.
—Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2021
That is, the theory that if the mandate is not severable from the rest of Obamacare, and the mandate is void, the rest of the statute has to go.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 17 June 2021
From time immemorial, college has consisted of discrete, disconnected, severable steps.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
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First Known Use
1548, in the meaning defined above
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severable
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sev·er·able
ˈse-vrə-bəl, ˈse-və-rə-
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