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), 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, 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 e ...
, a tax on non-renewable natural resources
Structures
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Severance Hall
Severance Hall is a concert hall located in the University Circle section of Cleveland, Ohio. Opened in 1931, Severance Hall was named after patrons John L. Severance and his wife, Elisabeth Huntingdon DeWitt Severance, and serves as the hom ...
, 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 8 ...
, in Seoul, Korea
Places in the United States
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Severance, Colorado
Severance is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 7,683 at th2020 census The town is located on the Colorado Eastern Plains, northwest of Greeley, a crossroads of county roads.
A post office in Severanc ...
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Severance, Idaho, now Careywood
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Severance, Kansas
Severance is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas, Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 76.
History
Severance was laid out in 1869. It was named for John Severance ...
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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
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Severance Lake, a lake in Sibley County, Minnesota
People
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Alexander Severance
Alexander G. Severance Sr. (June 3, 1905 – April 1, 1985) was an American basketball and baseball coach. Born in New York City, Severance graduated from Villanova University in 1929 and received his J.D. from Temple University Beasley School ...
(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, suffragist, and founder of women's clubs.
Early life and education
Caroline Maria Seymour was born on January 12, 1820, in Canandaigua, New York, the daughter of a bank ...
(1820–1914), American abolitionist and suffragist
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Charles Severance (computer scientist)
Charles Russell Severance is an American computer scientist and academic who currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor of Information at the University of Michigan, he runs https://www.wa4e.com/.
Severance studied at Michigan State Univ ...
, 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 to ...
(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 ''In ...
(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 (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 freq ...
(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 ...
(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, New York in 1799. He ...
(1797–1855), American diplomat
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