severance

severance
The act of severing, dividing, or separating; the state of being disjoined or separated. Anno: 18 ALR 1342. The act or fact of so removing anything attached or affixed to land, or a part of the land itself, so as to change its character from being a part of the real property to personal property. Buckout v Swift, 27 Cal 433. A graphic expression for separation of the ownership of minerals from the ownership of the land. 36 Am J1st Min & M § 29. A conveyance of land with an exception or reservation of mineral rights or a conveyance of the mineral rights or of the surface alone. 24 Am J1st Gas & O § 17. The termination of a joint tenancy or tenancy in common. 20 Am J2d Coten §§ 15, 31. See harvest.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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