severance of action — The splitting of a cause of action by a pleader. The severance of issues for separate trials. A method of granting separate trials to sepa rate defendants in a civil action. 53 Am J1st Trial § 55. See severance of criminal prosecution; severance… … Ballentine's law dictionary
severance — I noun bifurcation, cleavage, demarcation, detachment, differentiation, disassociation, discrimination, distinction, distinguishment, division, divorce, fission, isolation, scission, segregation, separation, sunderance, withdrawal associated… … Law dictionary
Severance, Colorado — Infobox Settlement official name = Town of Severance, Colorado other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = Town motto = Where the geese fly and the bulls cry imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield =… … Wikipedia
Severance, Caroline Maria Seymour — ▪ American social reformer née Caroline Maria Seymour born Jan. 12, 1820, Canandaigua, N.Y., U.S. died Nov. 10, 1914, Los Angeles, Calif. American reformer and clubwoman who was especially active in woman suffrage and other women s issues of… … Universalium
Joan Severance — Infobox actor name = Joan Severance caption = birthname = Joan Marie Severance birthdate = birth date and age|1958|12|23 birthplace = Houston, Texas deathdate = deathplace = restingplace = restingplacecoordinates = othername = occupation = Film,… … Wikipedia
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LABOR — Jewish Labor Organizations IN THE PRE STATE PERIOD Since the last decades of the 19th century, a number of sporadic labor associations have arisen in agriculture and in the printing, clothing, and building trades, as well as groups limited to a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Alaska Public Safety Commissioner dismissal — The Alaska Public Safety Commissioner dismissal, also known as Troopergate,[1] involves the July 2008 dismissal of the Public Safety Commissioner for the State of Alaska by Governor Sarah Palin. On October 10, 2008, the twelve member Alaska… … Wikipedia
Political positions of John McCain — U.S. Senator John McCain (R AZ), a member of the U.S. Congress since 1983, a two time U.S. presidential candidate, and the nominee of the Republican Party in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, has taken positions on many political issues… … Wikipedia