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Definition of Clause
1. Noun. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence.
Group relationships: Sentence
Generic synonyms: Construction, Expression, Grammatical Construction
Specialized synonyms: Independent Clause, Main Clause, Coordinate Clause, Dependent Clause, Subordinate Clause, Relative Clause
Derivative terms: Clausal
2. Noun. A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will).
Generic synonyms: Section, Subdivision
Specialized synonyms: Arbitration Clause, Deductible, Double Indemnity, Escalator, Escalator Clause, Joker, Reserve Clause, Rider
Group relationships: Document, Papers, Written Document
Category relationships: Contract
Derivative terms: Article
Definition of Clause
1. n. A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.
2. n. See Letters clause or close, under Letter.
Definition of Clause
1. Noun. (grammar informal) A group of two or more words which include a subject and any necessary predicate (the predicate also includes a verb, conjunction, or a preposition) to begin the clause; however, this clause is not considered a sentence for colloquial purposes. ¹
2. Noun. (grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is (subordinate)dependent. ¹
3. Noun. (legal) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive shipping) To amend (a bill of lading or similar document). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clause
1. a distinct part of a composition [n -S] : CLAUSAL [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clause
Literary usage of Clause
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life Insurance: A Textbook by Solomon Stephen Huebner (1915)
"THE DISABILITY clause IN PRACTICE There are, as previously stated, nearly one
hundred and fifty life-insurance companies in the United States which had ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1881)
"By clause ten no alteration is made in the present law which requires the ...
Similarly by clause fifteen power is to be given to seize piratical copies and ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"The provision relied upon was the second clause of the last paragraph of section
5 of the Uniform Bill of Lading, approved by the Interstate Commerce ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"The Collector classified the paper under the following clause on the same page:
The plaintiffs thereupon protested that the paper which they had imported, ..."
5. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"Now, Article IV of the Treaty concluded by France with the Emperor and the Empire
at Ryswyk had contained a clause, against which the Protestants had ..."
6. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"Now, Article IV of the Treaty concluded by France with the Emperor and the Empire
at Ryswyk had contained a clause, against which the Protestants had ..."
7. The Constitutional Law of the United States by Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1910)
"The Commerce clause: Its Importance. In this chapter will be considered the
respective powers of the Federal Government and of the States with reference to ..."
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