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Webster 1913 Edition

Clause

Clause

,
Noun.
[F.
clause
, LL.
clausa
, equiv. to L.
clausula
clause, prop., close of [GREEK] 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.

Clause

,
Noun.
[Obs.]
See
Letters clause
or
Letters close
, under
Letter
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Clause

CLAUSE

,
Noun.
s as z. Literally, a close, or inclosure. Hence, that which is included, or contained, within certain limits.
1.
In language or grammar, a member of a period or sentence; a subdivision of a sentence, in which the words are inseparably connected with each other in sense, and cannot, with propriety, be separated by a point; as, there is reason to think that he afterwards rose to favor, and obtained several honors civil and military. In this sentence are two clauses.
2.
An article in a contract or other writing; a distinct part of a contract, will, agreement, charter, commission, or other writing; a distinct stipulation, condition, proviso, grant, covenant, &c.

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