severance of actions or claims — An action of a court in separating the claims of multiple parties and permitting separate actions on each claim or on fewer than all claims at one time. Fed.R.Civ.P. 21. Severance divides lawsuit into two or more independent causes, each of which … Black's law dictionary
severance of claims — severance of actions or claims An action of a court in separating the claims of multiple parties and permitting separate actions on each claim or on fewer than all claims at one time. Fed.R.Civ.P. 21. Severance divides lawsuit into two or more… … Black's law dictionary
severance — Act of severing, or state of being severed; partition; separation; e.g. a claim against a party may be severed and proceeded with separately. Fed.R.Civil P. 21. Separation of cases so that they can be tried separately. Severance divides lawsuit… … Black's law dictionary
actions — I noun bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, comportment, conduct, dealings, demeanor, deportment, doings, guise, manner, mien, mode of action, modus vivendi, policy, practice, presence, procedure, ways associated concepts: abandonment, abatement … Law dictionary
action — ac·tion n [Latin actio legal proceeding, from agere to do, carry out, initiate legal proceedings] 1 a: a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense … Law dictionary
separate — I separate, verb To disunite, divide, disconnect, or sever. See sever II separate, adj Individual; distinct; particular; disconnected. Generally used in law as opposed to joint, though the more usual antithesis of the latter term is several.… … Black's law dictionary
bifurcated trial — /bayfarkeytad tray(a)l/ Trial of issues separately, e.g. guilt and punishment, or guilt and sanity, in criminal trial. The trial of the liability issue in a personal injury or wrongful death case separate from and prior to trial of the damages… … Black's law dictionary
cause of action — The fact or facts which give a person a right to judicial redress or relief against another. The legal effect of an occurrence in terms of redress to a party to the occurrence. A situation or state of facts which would entitle party to sustain… … Black's law dictionary
bifurcated trial — /bayfarkeytad tray(a)l/ Trial of issues separately, e.g. guilt and punishment, or guilt and sanity, in criminal trial. The trial of the liability issue in a personal injury or wrongful death case separate from and prior to trial of the damages… … Black's law dictionary
cause of action — The fact or facts which give a person a right to judicial redress or relief against another. The legal effect of an occurrence in terms of redress to a party to the occurrence. A situation or state of facts which would entitle party to sustain… … Black's law dictionary
