(law) A legal concept where a court finds that portions of a contract are unenforceable, but other portions of the contract are enforceable.

(Canada, law) A doctrine of constitutional interpretation according to which the constitution must be read in a broad and progressive way so as to adapt it to the changing times.

(law) Synonym of fireman's rule

(South Africa, obsolete, offensive) Synonym of witch doctor

(European history) A physician treating the bubonic plague, or employed simply to collect demographic and epidemiological data, especially one wearing protective clothing including goggles and a mask with a long bird's beak filled with aromatics to ward off the disease.

Trochilus polytmus; a red-billed streamertail; scissor-tail hummingbird; scissors tail hummingbird (hummingbird)

A suburb of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1268).

A spiritualist or medium. / A deceased doctor who continues healing practices from beyond the grave.

(now rare) A veterinarian who specialises in dogs. / (humorous) A dog who is also a doctor.

(US, broadcasting, historical) A policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949 and abolished in 1987, requiring the holders of broadcast licenses (i) to present controversial issues of public importance and (ii) to do so in an honest, equitable and balanced manner.