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(A) pleading. When an action is brought in the name of several plaintiffs, in which the plaintiffs must of necessity join, and one or more of the persons so named do not appear, or make default after appearance, the other may have judgment of severance, or, as it is technically called, judgment ad sequendum solum. 2. But in personal actions, with the exception of those by … [Read more...] about SEVERANCE

In Scotch law. The granter of a tack or lease. 1 Forb. Inst pt 2, p. 153. … [Read more...] about SETTER

An amount paid to employees who are laid off, typically between two weeks and two months salary. Unless there are large layoffs that may be subject to federal or state law or an amount promised in an employment contract or handbook, there is no legal obligation for an employer to pay the employee severance. … [Read more...] about SEVERANCE PAY

To adjust, ascertain, or liquidate; to pay. Parties are said to settle an account when they go over its items and ascertain and agree upon the balance due from one to the other. And, when the party indebted pays such balance, he is also said to settle it. To settle property is to limit it, or the income of it to several persons in succession, so that the person for the time … [Read more...] about SETTLE