[klawz] 
| 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. |
| clause (klôz) n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin clausa, close of a rhetorical period, from feminine of Latin clausus, past participle of claudere, to close.] claus'al (klô'zəl) adj. |
