severable
severable — 形容詞
- severablepositive
- more severablecomparative
- most severablesuperlative
1. In legal contexts, describing a clause or section within a written agreement tha
可分離的
契約條款可分開處理而不影響整體效力
In legal contexts, describing a clause or section within a written agreement that can be removed or treated as separate while the rest of the document keeps its legal force.
Hana's contract had a severable overtime clause, so the rest stayed valid after the dispute.
Hana 的雇用合約中含有一條可分離的加班條款，因此在爭議後其餘部分仍然有效。
severable + noun (clause) preserving validity of remainder
The judge told Diego that the fine was not severable from the main agreement.
法官告訴 Diego，這筆罰款與他簽署的主要協議是不可分離的。
Tara argued the illegal term was severable and should be removed without affecting the deal.
Tara 主張那條違法條款屬於可分離的，應該予以刪除而不影響整筆交易的效力。
A severable lease provision let the landlord cancel the parking rule and keep the rest.
租約中有一項可分離的規定，讓房東可以取消停車規則而保留其餘條款。
The lawyers agreed the payment schedule was severable from the rest of the contract.
律師們一致認為，付款時程表與合約的其他部分是可分離的。
- separable
more general; usable outside legal contexts for anything that can be split apart
- divisible
overlaps in meaning but less common in contract-law phrasing; 'divisible' often refers to numbers or quantities
- detachable
primarily physical; seldom used for abstract legal provisions
- non-severable
direct legal opposite; means the clause cannot be separated without invalidating the whole agreement
- indivisible
broader; used for anything that cannot be split, not only legal documents
- entire
in law, an 'entire contract' is one where all duties are interdependent
文法句型
severable + noun (clause/provision/term)
severable from + noun phrase
用法筆記
Almost exclusively used in legal and formal writing, especially contract law. The opposite term is 'non-severable' or 'entire'. Frequently paired with nouns such as clause, provision, term, covenant, or section. The construction 'severable from [document]' is the most common syntactic frame.