clausŭla, ae. f. [claudo].
I A close , conclusion , end (cf. claudo, I. B.; in good prose; most freq. in Quint.): in quo (mimo) cum clausula non invenitur, a fitting end , Cic. Cael. 27, 65: tantum bonam clausulam inpone, Sen. Ep. 77, 20; Suet. Aug. 99: epistulae, Cic. Phil. 13, 21, 47; id. Fam. 2, 4, 2: edicti, id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35: clausulam inponere disputationi, Col. 3, 19, 3: peracti operis, id. 12, 57, 5: summae nervorum, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 247.—
II Esp.
A In rhet., the close of a period , Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240; 3, 44, 173; 3, 46, 181; 3, 50, 192; id. Or. 64, 215 sq.; Quint. 8, 5, 13; 9, 3, 77; 9, 4, 50; 9, 4, 70; 9, 4, 101; opp. initium, id. 8, 5, 4; 9, 3, 45; 9, 4, 62; 9, 4, 67; 9, 4, 107 al.: et calx, id. 8, 5, 30.—
B In jurid. Lat., the conclusion of a legal formula , Dig. 4, 8, 25; 4, 6, 23; 4, 6, 26; and hence in gen., any clause or section of a law , ib. 3, 3, 15 pr.; 35, 3, 3 pr.