·add. ·- A clause sometimes inserted in contracts or specifications, requiring that a material of construction, as cement, must be of a brand that has stood the test of a specified number of years' use in an important public work.
·noun A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse. II. Pedigree ·noun A line of a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun ·see Letters clause / close, under <<Letter>>. II. Clause ·noun A subordinate portion or a su...
·add. ·- A clause, as in a blanket mortgage or policy, that includes a group or class of things, rat...
See running-down clause. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A special admission into policies of marine insurance, to include the risk of loss or damage in cons...