CLAUSE, contracts. A particular disposition which makes part of a treaty; of an act of the legislature; of a deed, written agreement, or other written contract or will. When a clause is obscurely written, it ought to be construed in such a way as to agree with what precedes and what follows, if possible. Vide Dig. 50, 17, 77; Construction; Interpretation.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

Clause \Clause\, n. [Obs.]

See Letters clause or Letters close, under Letter. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Clause \Clause\, n. [F. clause, LL. clausa, equiv. to L. clausula clause, prop., close of ? rhetorical period, close, fr. claudere to shut, to end. See Close.]

1. A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document. [1913 Webster]

The usual attestation clause to a will. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]

2. (Gram.) A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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clause

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Clause \Clause\, n. [F. clause, LL. clausa, equiv. to L. clausula clause, prop., close of ? rhetorical period, close, fr. claudere to shut, to end. See Close.]

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

The usual attestation clause to a will. --Bouvier.

2. (Gram.) A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Clause \Clause\, n. [Obs.]

See Letters clause or close, under Letter.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)