N.Y. WKC Law § 156
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Separability
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§ 156. Separability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of\nthis article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances,\nshall, for any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction\nto be invalid, such judgments shall not affect, impair, or invalidate\nthe remainder of this article, and the application thereof to other\nperson or circumstances, but shall be confined in its operation to the\nclause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the\ncontroversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and to the\nperson or circumstances involved. It is hereby declared to be the\nlegislative intent that this article would have been adopted had such\ninvalid provisions not been included.\n
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