Severance
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Meaning of Severance
The act of severing. partition. Division. In relation to joint tenancy , it is the destruction of the unities essential for the formation and continuance of joint tenancy.
Severance Alternative Definition
The separation of a part of a thing from another; for example, the separation of machinery from a mill is a severance, and in that case the machinery, which, while annexed to the mill, was real estate, becomes by the severance personalty, unless such severance be merely temporary. 8 Wend. (N. Y.) 587. In Pleading. When an action Is brought in the name of several plaintiffs, in which the plaintiffs must of necessity join, and one or more of the persons so named do not appear, or make default after appearance, the other may have judgment of severance, or, as is technically called, judgment ad sequendum solum. But in personal actions, with the exception of those by executors, and of detinue for charters, there can be no summons arid severance. Co. Litt. 139. After severance, the party severed can never be mentioned in the suit, nor derive any advantage from it. When there are several defendants, each of them may use such plea as he may think proper for his own defense; and they may join in the same plea, or sever, at their discretion (Co. Litt. 303a), except, perhaps, in the case of dilatory pleas (Hob. ' 245, 250). But when the defendants have once united in the plea, they cannot afterwards sever at the rejoinder, or other later stage of the pleading. See, generally, Brooke, Abr. "Summ. and Sev."; 2 RoUe, 488; Archb. Civ. PI. 59. Of Estates. The destruction of any one of the unities of a joint tenancy. It is so called because the estate is no longer a joint tenancy, but is severed. A severance may be effected in various ways, namely: By partition, which. is either voluntary or compulsory; by alienation of one of the joint tenants, which turns the estate into a tenancy in common; by the purchase or descent of all the shares of the joint tenants, so that the whole estate becomes vested in one only. Comyn, Dig. "Estates by Grant" (K 5); 1 Bin. (Pa.) 175.
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Translation of Motion For Severance Of Defendants, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Pedimento para la separación de los coacusados and other legal terms is available here.
Pedimento para la separación de los coacusados
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Concept of Severance in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Severance: Partition or separation.
Concept of Severance in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Severance: Partition or separation.
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