:: : MoS has an implied severability clause : if there are " worst bits " of the guideline, we should entertain why they are bad and, if appropriate, either improve them or remove them . talk ) 22 : 01, 27 August 2008 ( UTC)
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As the Court of Appeals noted below, " ( s ) ection 501 ( b ) does not contain a severability clause, and the legislative history yields no direct evidence of intent concerning severability . " 990 F . 2d 1271, 1278 ( CADC 1993 ).
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Section four authorizes the Washington State Department of Health to " adopt rules necessary to implement " the law, with section five authorizing civil penalties for violations, section six noting that I-522 creates a new chapter for RCW Title 70 and section seven a basic severability clause.
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In " Minkler v . Safeco Insurance Company of America ", Ehrlich persuaded the California Supreme Court to part with the majority of courts in the United States by holding that the so-called " severability clause " in an insurance policy renders ambiguous exclusions for the intentional acts of " an " insured.
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But, unlike the December ruling from a federal judge in Virginia, Vinson ruled that because there was no severability clause in the original legislation, the entire law must be declared void; The act, like a defectively designed watch, needs to be redesigned and reconstructed by the watchmaker , he wrote in the decision.
