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Term Definition Severability - the understanding that one clause in a contract or instrument is independent of the others.
Application in Divorce Severability applies in divorce in the tenants in common.

The term also finds estate is no longer a joint tenancy.

Marital settlement agreements normally contain a severability clause, so that if a court finds one clause of the agreement remains in force.

Sometimes severability is called a savings clause.