Clause /(?)/

Clause

n.
  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. A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate. (Gram.)

Clause

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