Which of the following is true?
A)Where a portion of a contract is void,the whole contract is affected and a court will set aside the whole contract as being void.
B)A contract that contemplates the commission of a tort is not legal unless the tort is committed and someone is injured.
C)Where a portion of a contract is void,the remainder of the contract is not affected provided a court can sever the void parts without doing injustice to the parties.
D)The common law supersedes statute law when determining the legality of contracts.
E)A statute can only make a contract illegal;it cannot make a contract void.

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This is known as the doctrine of severability or divisibility. It allows a court to strike down only the void part of the contract while leaving the rest of it intact, as long as doing so will not cause injustice to either party. Choices A, B, D, and E are incorrect because they are either untrue or incomplete.

Which of the Following Is True