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Clause - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Clause : (noun)
1: (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate
but not constituting a complete sentence
2: a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or
contract or will) [syn: article]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Clause : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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CLAUSE, contracts. A particular disposition which makes part of a treaty; of
an act of the legislature; of a deed, written agreement, or other written
contract or will. When aClause : is obscurely written, it ought to be
construed in such a way as to agree with what precedes and what follows, if
possible. Vide Dig. 50, 17, 77; Construction; Interpretation.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Clause :
1. A logical formula in conjunctive normal form,
which has the schema
p1 ^ ...^ pm => q1 V ... V qn.
or, equivalently,
~p1 V ... V ~pn V q1 V ... V qn,
where pi and qi are atoms.
The operators ~, ^, V, => are connectives, where ~ stands
for negation, ^ for conjunction, V for disjunction and
=> for implication.
2. A part of a SQL statement that does not
constitute a full statement; for e.g. a "WHERE clause".
(2004-05-28)
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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