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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Clause

/klôz/ · IPA /klɔz/
01 n. A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.
  1. 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. 2.
    A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.(Gram.)
02 n. See Letters clause or Letters close, under Letter.
  1. 1.
    See Letters clause or Letters close, under Letter.[Obs.] See: Letter