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noun
1.
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
2.
a distinct article or provision in a contract, treaty, will, or other formal or legal written document.
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Clause
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| clause (klɔːz) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | grammar main clause subordinate clause See also coordinate clause a group of words, consisting of a subject and a predicate including a finite verb, that does not necessarily constitute a sentence |
| 2. | a section of a legal document such as a contract, will, or draft statute |
| [C13: from Old French, from Medieval Latin clausa a closing (of a rhetorical period), back formation from Latin clausula, from claudere to close] | |
| 'clausal | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
clause
early 13c., from O.Fr. clause, from M.L. clausa, from L. clausula "a closing, termination," in legal sense, "end of a sentence or a legal argument," from clausus, fem. pp. of claudere "to close" (see close (v.)). Sense of "ending" gradually faded.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
clause definition
A group of words in a sentence that contains a subject and predicate. (See dependent clause and independent clause.)
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Computing Dictionary
clause definition
1.
p1 ^ ...^ pm => q1 V ... V qn.
or, equivalently,
~p1 V ... V ~pn V q1 V ... V qn,
where pi and qi are atoms.
The operators ~, ^, V, => are connectives, where ~ stands for negation, ^ for conjunction, V for disjunction and => for implication.
2.
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