Subspaces $U_1,\ldots,U_k$ are independent if $u_1+\cdots+u_k=0$, with $u_i\in U_i$, forces each $u_i=0$. This is the condition that their sum be direct. For three or more subspaces, testing only pairwise intersections misses possible relations involving several components.
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