Courts can uphold an agreement that is partly legal and partly illegal.

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As long as the main purpose of the agreement can be reached without enforcing the illegal part, the courts are likely to uphold the agreement. Sometimes an agreement will be partly legal and partly illegal. If the legal part of a contract can be removed from the illegal part, without changing the essential nature of the contract, then the agreement is said to be divisible. The court will enforce the legal part, but not the illegal part. As long as the main purpose of the agreement can be reached without enforcing the illegal part, the courts are likely to uphold the agreement.

Courts Can Uphold an Agreement That Is Partly Legal and Partly