Legal Definition and Related Resources of Divisible
Meaning of Divisible
That which is susceptible of being divided. A contract is said to be divisible where it contains a number of considerations for a number of acts and neither party to the contract is discharged from the performance of the whole or a particular part by reason of the fact that the other party has failed to do his part in relation to some one or other of the matters into which the contract is divided.
Divisible Alternative Definition
That which is susceptible of being divided. 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 Pa. St. 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. 8 Whart. (Pa.) 404. See “Apportionment.” But when it is to do several things at several times, an actioil will lie upon every default. 15 Pick. (Mass.) 409. See 1 Me. 316; 6 Mass. 344.
Synonyms of Divisible
adjective
- apportionable
- bisectable
- breakable
- capable of being divided
- cleavable
- detachable
- disconnectable
- dissectible
- disseverable
- dividable
- dividual
- fissile
- fissionable
- partible
- scissile
- separable
- severable
- subdivisible
- susceptible of apportionment
- susceptible of division
- tearable
- Associated Concepts: divisible contract
- divisible covenant
- divisible divorce
- divisible guaranty
- divisible offense
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