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Divisible

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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.