sub-clause

British  

noun

1. a subordinate section of a larger clause in a document, contract, etc

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Example Sentences

Lady Grey-Thompson, a Paralympian and long-time campaigner on the rights of disabled people, said: "Clause 25, sub-clause eight, allows the co-ordinating doctor to assist the person to ingest or otherwise self-administer the substance. This blurs the line between assisted dying and euthanasia."

From BBC

King's concise wording gave way to Carney's chains of clause and sub-clause, decorated with phrases that could only quicken a banker's pulse, such as "explicit state-contingent forward guidance".

From Reuters

In fact the original quote contains a sub-clause - "unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture".

From BBC

Newspapers say the protection against exemplary damages for those who sign up to the approved regulator has been significantly weakened by a sub-clause in the bill which allows the high court to award damages on top of a fine imposed by the regulator, a so-called double jeopardy.

From The Guardian

A sub-clause of Article 56 of the March 2011 declaration had put the generals in charge of legislation, but that responsibility ended when the newly elected lower house, the People's Assembly, convened in January.

From BBC