clause
[ klawz ]
/ klɔz /
noun
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
a distinct article or provision in a contract, treaty, will, or other formal or legal written document.
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Origin of clause
1175–1225; Middle English claus(e) (< Anglo-French) < Medieval Latin clausa, back formation from Latin clausula clausula
OTHER WORDS FROM clause
claus·al, adjectivesub·claus·al, adjectivesub·clause, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH clause
clause clawsWords nearby clause
claudine, claudius, claudius i, claudius ii, claught, clause, clausewitz, clausius, clausius cycle, clausthalite, claustral
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Example sentences from the Web for sub-clause
See the Government of Ireland Bill, clause 25, sub-clause (a), (b) and (c).
England's Case Against Home Rule|Albert Venn DiceyThe same superfluous words appeared in Sub-clause (No. 9) about Corporations.
The Framework of Home Rule|Erskine ChildersSee Bill, clauses 10-19, and note especially clause 12, sub-clause (I).
A Leap in the Dark|A.V. Dicey
British Dictionary definitions for sub-clause (1 of 2)
sub-clause
noun
a subordinate section of a larger clause in a document, contract, etc
British Dictionary definitions for sub-clause (2 of 2)
clause
/ (klɔːz) /
noun
grammar a group of words, consisting of a subject and a predicate including a finite verb, that does not necessarily constitute a sentenceSee also main clause, subordinate clause, coordinate clause
a section of a legal document such as a contract, will, or draft statute
Derived forms of clause
clausal, adjectiveWord Origin for clause
C13: from Old French, from Medieval Latin clausa a closing (of a rhetorical period), back formation from Latin clausula, from claudere to close
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Cultural definitions for sub-clause
clause
A group of words in a sentence that contains a subject and predicate. (See dependent clause and independent clause.)
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