A clause in a contract that allows that any portion of the contract deemed to...

The splitting off of a portion of a contract (e.g., a provision held to be legally invalid) without affecting the enforceability or legal effect of the remaining provisions.

A policy of severing excepted information from records requested by users and of making the remainder of the record available.

A provision in a lease agreement that states that if any part of provision of a lease shall be found unenforceable, it alone shall be discarded and the remaining provisions shall be given their full force and effect.

The understanding that one clause in a contract is independent of the others.

rule of construction of contracts allowing Courts to basically blue line part of the contract and ignore that part if it would render the contract defective

A provision that insurance applies separately to each insured under the policy.

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 that some provisions to the contract are so essential to the contract's purpose that if they are illegal or unenforceable, the contract as a whole will be voided. However, in many legal jurisdictions, a severability clause will not be applied if it changes the fundamental nature of the contract, and that instead the contract will be void; thus, often this is not explicitly stated in the severability clause.