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Definition of Clause
Clause

A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.

A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.

See Letters clause / close, under Letter.

Related Definitions:
An, And, Article, Clause, Close, Containing, Document, In, Legal, Letter, Of, Or, Paper, Paragraph, Portion, Predicate, Proviso, See, Sentence, Separate, Stipulation, Subdivision, Subject, Subordinate, Under, Written


Clause Quotations

In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
Francois Rabelais

There is no proportional representation requirement in the Equal Protection Clause.
Cass Sunstein

And that's how I start myself. I usually go back a couple of pages, maybe to the beginning of the chapter, and I start reading. And as I'm reading, I'm tweaking - putting in a different word, changing the syntax, putting that clause over there, you know that sort of thing.
Jean M. Auel

It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings clause is the conservatives' recipe for judicial activism just as they say liberals have misused the equal protection clause.
Michael Kinsley

The logic is often far-fetched - how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? - and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out federal laws wholesale on commerce clause grounds. The court once again said no thanks.
Michael Kinsley

Clause Translations

clause in Dutch is bepaling, clausule, voorwaarde
clause in French is clause, stipulation
clause in Italian is frase, clausola
clause in Swedish is klausul, kort sats, bisats


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