Adjective : a severable contract obligation. From Dictionary.com.
The ruling says the "individual mandate," which imposes a fine on individuals who do not purchase health insurance, is unconstitutional and not "severable" from the full law. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Do you think the mandate is severable from the larger bill?. From Wordnik.com. [An interview with Mark Pauly, father of the individual mandate] Reference
You are making the assumption the stimulus package is severable. From Wordnik.com. [2009 March 11 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
I think in the end, the court will find it severable, and when I say the court, I mean the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [On Key Legal Issue, Even Conservatives Say Health Care's On Safe Ground] Reference
The terms of the deal will be a 99-year ground lease, severable, with options to purchase severed fee parcels. From Wordnik.com. [Yards Statements: High Line Advocates Want More High Line; Pats on The Back All Around] Reference
I think that both health care reform and immigration reform are areas where most of the dependencies are severable. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Immigrants and Nazis, Communists and Cardinals] Reference
Under the Court's precedents, the legislative veto provision contained in section 42104 (c) is severable from H.R. 1758. From Wordnik.com. [President On Signing Motor Safety Review Panel Bill] Reference
But nothing that Karl Rove has to say about politics is severable from his own efforts to corrupt the electoral process. From Wordnik.com. [David Fiderer: Karl Rove, Washington Media's Conspiracy of Silence, and the Holder Nomination] Reference
To prevent this, Congress could make such a funding prohibition "non-severable" from the rest of the appropriations bill. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Heats Up Iran Rhetoric Through Evangelical Allies �� "U.S. could lose a city, or ten cities or a hundred"] Reference
Hence the need for the Senate to consider treaties non-severable from their reservations in order to preserve the latter. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » An Eminently Sound Approach to (Supposed) International Human Rights Norms, from the Ninth Circuit] Reference
Civil marriage now consists in a an open-ended contract severable by the will of one party, regardless of the other's will. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference
He declared that, "Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire Act must be declared void.". From Wordnik.com. [Ron Pollack: Radical, Judicial Activism] Reference
As comments to the McArdle piece indicate, the problem is that the individual mandate requirement appears to be “severable.”. From Wordnik.com. [Will SCOTUS overturn HCR?] Reference
PROC18: AUTHORIZE MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS Authorize multiyear contracts and allow contracts for severable services to cross fiscal years. From Wordnik.com. [National Performance Review Report Appendix B] Reference
But if the courts find that the mandate is not severable from the remainder of the statute, then it could wipe clean the slate of health care reform. From Wordnik.com. [Ken Blackwell: The Obamacare Problem Is Not the Individual Mandate] Reference
But if five or more say the individual mandate is not constitutional, then a second question emerges: Is the mandate severable, as Judge Hudson thought it was?. From Wordnik.com. [Wonkbook: What the Vinson ruling means] Reference
Only in this case, the judge, Roger Vinson, ruled that the individual mandate is not severable from the rest of the law, meaning the entire thing has to be tossed. From Wordnik.com. [Yes, but what will Anthony Kennedy say?] Reference
Bloomberg News The ruling also said that the entire law "must be declared void," because the mandate to carry insurance is "not severable" from the rest of the law. From Wordnik.com. [Judge Rejects Health Law] Reference
Say what you will about O.J. Simpson, he was a great football player, and his perspective on playing the game is, arguably, severable from his life of violent crime. From Wordnik.com. [David Fiderer: Karl Rove, Washington Media's Conspiracy of Silence, and the Holder Nomination] Reference
To this end, the provisions of this policy are severable. From Wordnik.com. [Rogue Valley IMC] Reference
The provisions of this Agreement are intended to be severable. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Amttt: No. Breaststroke is a distinct and severable part of swimming. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Sports - Top News] Reference
The dispute resolution section is severable from the balance of the contract. From Wordnik.com. [Groklaw] Reference
To me, there are two very different, very easily severable questions on the table. From Wordnik.com. [The Corner] Reference
The severable PD items would remain PD, but not the creative derivative work that uses them. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The parties specifically agreed that any unenforceable portion of their oral agreement was severable. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Each provision of these Terms is severable from the others and no severance of a provision will affect any other provision. From Wordnik.com. [Arts Hub Australia] Reference
"So if somebody thinks that is all severable and those things don't come together that's the wrong impression," Burbage said. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
Judge Bridges found the unconscionable provisions were not severable from other provisions and declared the entire dispute resolution clause unenforceable. From Wordnik.com. [Groklaw] Reference
The Savannah River Tritium Operations are managed as a defined, severable work activity within the Savannah River Site management and operation contract structure. From Wordnik.com. [The Oak Ridger Home RSS] Reference
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If any part of these Terms is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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