from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Divisible \Di*vis"i*ble\, a. [L. divisibilis, fr. dividere: cf.
F. divisible. See {Divide}.]
Capable of being divided or separated.
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Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts. --Sir
W. Hamilton.
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{Divisible contract} (Law), a contract containing agreements
one of which can be separated from the other.
{Divisible offense} (Law), an offense containing a lesser
offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the latter
there can be an acquittal, while on the former there can
be a conviction. -- {Di*vis"i*ble*ness}, n. --
{Di*vis"i*bly}, adv.
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from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
DIVISIBLE. The susceptibility of being divided.
2. 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 Penna. R. 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. 3 Whart. 404; and see Apportionment.
But when it is to do several things, at several times, an action will lie
upon every default. 15 Pick. R. 409. See 1 Greenl. R. 316; 6 Mass. 344. See
Entire.