A system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier; Fourierism.
The act of severing, or the state of being severed;
partition; separation.
The act of dividing; the singling or severing of two or
more that join, or are joined, in one writ; the putting in several or
separate pleas or answers by two or more disjointly; the destruction of
the unity of interest in a joint estate....
