Summons and severance
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The proper name of what is distinguished in the books by the name of "summons and severance" la "severance;" for the summons is only a process which must, in certain cases, issue before judgment of severance can be given; while severance is a judgment by which, where two or more are joined in an action, one or more of these is enabled to proceed in such action without the other or others.
Jacob.