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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)
   - article

Sounds like: claws

Derived forms: clauses

See also: clausal

Type of: construction, expression, grammatical construction, section, subdivision

Part of: document, papers, sentence, written document

Encyclopedia: Clause