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n. Grammar A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.

n. A distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document.

n. this sense?) (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.

n. 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.

n. A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document.

v. To amend (a bill of lading or similar document).

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

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

n. See Letters clause or Letters close, under letter.

n. Any part of a written composition, especially one containing complete sense in itself, as a sentence or paragraph: in modern use commonly limited to such parts of legal documents, as of statutes, contracts, wills, etc.

n. A distinct stipulation, condition, proviso, etc.: as, a special clause in a contract.

n. In grammar, one of the lesser sentences which united and modified form a compound or complex sentence.

n. That part of a bond which defines the amount of the penalty.

n. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence

n. a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

"By claiming power under the coinage clause, Mr. Bernanke was behaving a bit like Secretary of State Alexander Haig when, after President Ronald Reagan was shot, he suggested, albeit fleetingly, that he had the constitutional authority of the president."

party    bright's clauses    enacting clause    attestation clause    shifting clause    saving clause    resolutive    clauses consolidation acts    memorandum clause    interpretation clause   

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Claus    Dawes    Pause    applause    because    cause    claws    daws    draws    flaws   

provision    treaty    sentence    statute    paragraph    article    amendment    regulation    statement    chapter