Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Clause"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clause \Clause\, n. [Obs.]
See {Letters clause or close}, under {Letter}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
clause
n 1: (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate
but not constituting a complete sentence
2: a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or
contract or will) [syn: {article}]
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