including
severability clauses in their rules because they do not
Courts have refused to allow a rescission defense if the misrepresentations were not part of the application or if there was a
severability clause in the policy.
As explained in the previous section, courts tend not to give substantial deference to
severability clauses, preferring instead to conduct the same severability analysis that they would perform in the absence of a
severability clause.
(29) A presumption of severability also applies where Congress includes a
severability clause in a statute.
Severability clauses and analogous expressions in the legislative history counsel against a finding of inseverability and in favor of pure severability or the incompatibility option.
(174) Additionally, because legislators often include
severability clauses in statutes, (175) it is more likely that Congress generally wishes for courts "to save and not to destroy" the remainder of their statutes.
severability clause providing that the rest of the statute should remain
severability clauses and vacating only the offensive exclusionary
Courts are quick to deny the broadest possible effect to general
severability clauses. In a case from Indiana, (191) the state supreme court considered the effect of what it called a "general
severability clause" that literally applied to all sections of the Indiana Code of 1976.
And in any event, the proposal made here is for a narrow bad-faith exception, much like that applicable to
severability clauses: "the close scrutiny they often have received represents a narrow exception to the general rule that, when a clause is unambiguous, construction is unnecessary." (116) Even in areas that are traditionally nonjusticiable, the principle of judicial noninterference is not absolute.
Public comments; liquor license application of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians; Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area general plan; Eugene-Springfield public facilities and services plan; savings and
severability clauses. Following work session, budget committee.
Detailed
severability clauses are essential in global contracts to ensure that if any particular terms are unenforceable in the international forum, they do not invalidate the global contract as a whole.