[FFP999]

> If one side of the agreement doesn't live up to the agreement then the agreement is null and void

Severability clauses, which specifically say that nullification of a single part of the contract affects only that part, not the whole, are standard.

[tpmoney]

To my understanding severability clauses deal with legal findings of unenforcibility. And there are usually similar clauses that allow for a voluntary non-exercising of contractual rights to not void the contract (e.g. your landlord doesn’t collect December’s rent as a gift doesn’t mean you don’t still have to keep paying rent in general). I’m not aware of any standard contractual clauses that allow one to just voluntarily fail to perform their obligations and not also void the contract as a whole (barring provisions for repair of breach, but that’s not just unilaterally deciding you’re not going to do your contractual obligations)