(n) a contract which, in the event of a breach by one of the parties, can be considered as several independent agreements expressed in a single instrument
(adj) (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many, Example: several letters came in the mail; several people were injured in the accident
Habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Four several armies to the field are led. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right. [ 1913 Webster ]
Forests which had never been owned in severalty. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]
Estate in severalty (Law), an estate which the tenant holds in his own right, without being joined in interest with any other person; -- distinguished from joint tenancy, coparcenary, and common. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1. The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Law) The act of dividing; the singling or severing of two or more that join, or are joined, in one writ; the putting in several or separate pleas or answers by two or more disjointly; the destruction of the unity of interest in a joint estate. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]
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