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DIVISIBLE. The susceptibility of being divided.
2. A contract cannot, in general, be divided in such a manner that an
action may be brought, or a right accrue, on a part of it. 2 Penna. R. 454.
But some contracts are susceptible of division, as when a reversioner sells
a part of the reversion to one man, and a part to another, each shall have
an action for his share of the rent, which may accrue on a contract, to pay
a particular rent to the reversioner. 3 Whart. 404; and see Apportionment.
But when it is to do several things, at several times, an action will lie
upon every default. 15 Pick. R. 409. See 1 Greenl. R. 316; 6 Mass. 344. See
Entire.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.