| n. | 1. | A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document. |
| 2. | (Gram.) A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate. | |
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| Noun | 1. | clause - (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence |
| 2. | clause - a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) Synonyms: article |
CLAUSE, contracts. A particular disposition which makes part of a treaty; of an act of the legislature; of a deed, written agreement, or other written contract or will. When a clause is obscurely written, it ought to be construed in such a way as to agree with what precedes and what follows, if possible. Vide Dig. 50, 17, 77; Construction; Interpretation.
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