severance
severance n. 分离 该词可指将附属于土地或土地的一部分的物与土地分离，使之由不动产变为动产，也可指以图表表示将矿物所有权与土地所有权分离，还可指转让土地但不转让或保留采矿权、或仅转让采矿权、或仅转让土地表面。分离构成共有地产〔joint tenancy or tenancy in common〕的终止。该词也用于「诉的分离」〔severance of actions or claims〕中 。(→severance of action)
SEVERANCE
severance
severance, n. 1. The act of cutting off; the state of being cut off. 2. Civil procedure. The separation of claims, by the court, of multiple parties either to permit separate actions on each claim or to allow certain interlocutory orders to become final. — Also termed severance of actions; severance of claims. See bifurcated