Clause

·noun ·see Letters clause / close, under Letter.

II. Clause ·noun A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.

III. Clause ·noun A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.

Blanket clause
·add. ·- A clause, as in a blanket mortgage or policy, that includes a group or class of things, rat...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Pedigree clause
·add. ·- A clause sometimes inserted in contracts or specifications, requiring that a material of co...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
collision-clause
See running-down clause. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
running-down clause
A special admission into policies of marine insurance, to include the risk of loss or damage in cons...

The Sailor's Word-Book