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SEVER [2 records]

Record 1 2004-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

(Severance:) ... The act of severing, dividing or separating; the state of being disjoined or separated. (Ballentine's, 3rd ed., 1969, p. 1169).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

disjoindre; séparer : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
CONT

(As a rule) the layer is not ready for severance and transplanting until the following year, and is best severed a few weeks before moving.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

Mode de multiplication des végétaux qui consiste à provoquer l'enracinement d'un rameau (ou tige) encore rattaché à la plante mère, puis à séparer («sevrer») celui-ci lorsqu'il est bien pourvu de racines.

Spanish

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