Severance may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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''Severance'' (film), a 2006 British horror film
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''Severance'' (novel), a 2018 novel by Ling Ma
*''Severance'', a 2006 short-story collection by
Robert Olen Butler
Robert Olen Butler (born January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short-story collection '' A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993.
Early life
Butler was born in Granite City, Illin ...
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''Severance'' (TV series), a 2022 Apple TV+ science fiction series
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''Severance'' (album), by Daysend, 2003
*''Severances'', a 1989 album by
Masami Akita, recording as SCUM
* "Severance", a 1988 song by Dead Can Dance from ''
The Serpent's Egg''
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Severance: Blade of Darkness'', a 2001 fantasy action video game
Finance and law
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Severance (land) A severance can in law mean the act of severing a piece of land from a larger tract of land. The severed parcel of land becomes a separate lot (parcel). Second, it can refer to, in jurisdictions that have the form of co-ownership, the ending of ...
, the division of land that does not require a plan of subdivision
*Severance, the ending of a
joint tenancy
In property law, a concurrent estate or co-tenancy is any of various ways in which property is owned by more than one person at a time. If more than one person owns the same property, they are commonly referred to as co-owners. Legal terminolo ...
other than by death
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Severance package
A severance package is pay and benefits that employees may be entitled to receive when they leave employment at a company unwilfully. In addition to their remaining regular pay, it may include some of the following:
* Any additional payment based ...
, pay and benefits when an employee loses their job
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Severance tax
Severance taxes are taxes imposed on the removal of natural resources within a taxing jurisdiction. Severance taxes are most commonly imposed in oil producing states within the United States. Resources that typically incur severance taxes when ...
, a tax on non-renewable natural resources
Structures
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Severance Hall
Severance Hall, also known as Severance Music Center, is a concert hall in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, home to the Cleveland Orchestra. Opened in 1931 to give the orchestra a permanent home, the building is n ...
, a concert hall in Cleveland, Ohio, US
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Severance Hospital
Severance Hospital is a teaching hospital located in Sinchon-dong, Seodaemun District, South Korea. It is one of the oldest and biggest university hospitals in South Korea. It has 2,437 beds and treats approximately 2,500,000 outpatients and 840, ...
, in Seoul, Korea
Places in the United States
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Severance, Colorado
Severance is a home rule municipality in Weld County, Colorado, United States. Its population was 7,683 at the 2020 census., an increase of 142.75% from 2010, with a now estimated population of 11,500. The town is located on the Colorado East ...
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Severance, Idaho, now Careywood
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Severance, Kansas
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Severance Township, Sibley County, Minnesota
Severance Township is a township in Sibley County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 343 at the 2000 census.
History
Severance Township was originally called Clear Lake Township, and under the latter name was organized in 1870. The na ...
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Severance, New York
Schroon ( ) is a town in the Adirondack Park, in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,880 at the 2020 census. The largest community in the town is the hamlet of Schroon Lake, located at the northern end of the lake of the ...
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Severance Lake, a lake in Sibley County, Minnesota
People
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Alexander Severance (1905–1985), American basketball player and coach
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Avery W. Severance (1819–1874), New York assemblyman
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Carol Severance
Carol Severance (1944 – February 19, 2015) was a U.S. science fiction writer.
Life
Carol Severance was a Hawaii-based Science Fiction and Fantasy writer known for her strong female characters. As an artist she had a special interest in Paci ...
(1944–2015), American science fiction writer
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Caroline Severance
Caroline Maria Seymour Severance (1820–1914) was an American abolitionist
Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the political movement to end slavery and liberate enslaved individuals around the world.
The first country to fu ...
(1820–1914), American abolitionist and suffragist
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Charles Severance (computer scientist)
Charles Russell Severance, popularly known as Dr. Chuck, is an American computer scientist and academic who currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor of Information at the University of Michigan. He teaches multiple programming courses ...
, American computer scientist and academic
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Charles Severance (serial killer)
Charles Stanard Severance (born September 25, 1960) is a convicted American serial killer whose crimes took place in Alexandria, Virginia, between 2003 and 2014. He was convicted by a Virginia court in 2016 of three shooting deaths and sentenced t ...
(born 1960), American serial killer
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Cordenio Severance
Cordenio Arnold Severance (1862–1925) was an American lawyer from Minnesota. He co-founded the American Law Institute and served as president of the American Bar Association. His wife, known as Mrs. Cordenio A. Severance published the book ''I ...
(1862–1925), American lawyer
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Dave Severance
Dave Elliott Severance (February 4, 1919 – August 2, 2021) was a United States Marine Corps colonel. During World War II, he served as the commanding officer of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines and led his company in the battle of I ...
(1919–2021), American Marine Corps officer
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Frank Severance
Frank Hayward Severance (November 28, 1856January 26, 1931) was an American historian.
Severance was born on November 28, 1856, in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. When he was five years old, his parents moved to Whitewater, Wisconsin, where ...
(1856–1931), American historian
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H. Craig Severance (1879–1941), American architect
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Joan Severance
Joan Marie Severance (born December 23, 1958) is an American actress and former fashion model.
Early life
Severance was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Martha and John C. Severance. Her father was an IBM systems manager who had to move ...
(born 1958), American actress
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John L. Severance (1863–1936), American businessperson
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Juliet Stillman Severance (1833–1919), American physician and feminist
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Louis Severance
Louis Henry Severance (August 1, 1838 – June 25, 1913) was an American oilman and philanthropist who was a founding member of the Standard Oil Trust, the first treasurer of Standard Oil, (Charitable foundation established by Louis Severance's ...
(1838–1913), American oilman
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Luther Severance
Luther Severance (October 26, 1797 – January 25, 1855) was a United States representative and diplomat from Maine.
Life
He was born in Montague, Massachusetts on October 26, 1797. He moved with his parents to Cazenovia (village), New York, C ...
(1797–1855), American diplomat
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