sub-clause

noun

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

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."

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We now know that Barr was quoting selectively and left out a crucial sub-clause which says that Trump’s campaign expected to profit from Russian hacking.

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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".

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

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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.

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