Clause , n. [Obs.]
See Letters clause or close, under Letter.
Clause (?), n. [F. clause, LL.
clausa, equiv. to L.
clausula clause, prop., close of &?; rhetorical period, close, fr.
claudere to shut, to end. See
Close.]
1. A separate portion of a
written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.
The usual attestation clause
to a will.
Bouvier.
2. (Gram.) A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and
its predicate.
Hear it pronounced