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Record 1 2014-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Patents (Law)
OBS

The doctrine of severance refers to two methods of removing illegal features of a contract to render the contract enforceable: (a) “notional severance” and (b) “blue-pencil severance.”

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
DEF

En matière contractuelle, technique consistant à radier ou à séparer la partie illégale d’un contrat tout en laissant les parties légales intactes.

CONT

La théorie de la divisibilité fait référence à deux méthodes de suppression de modalités illégales d’un contrat de manière à rendre celui‑ci applicable : a) la «divisibilité fictive» et b) la technique du «trait de crayon bleu».

Spanish

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