clause : Idioms & Phrases
Index
- arbitration clause
- Conscience clause
- coordinate clause
- dependent clause
- Derogatory clause in a testament
- descriptive clause
- enabling clause
- Enacting clause
- escalator clause
- grandfather clause
- independent clause
- Letters close ∨ clause
- main clause
- nonrestrictive clause
- Relative clause
- reserve clause
- Residuary clause
- restrictive clause
- subordinate clause
arbitration clause
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noun a clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
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Conscience clause
- a clause in a general law exempting persons whose religious scruples forbid compliance therewith, as from taking judicial oaths, rendering military service, etc.
Webster 1913
coordinate clause
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noun a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function
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dependent clause
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noun a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb
dependent clause.
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Derogatory clause in a testament
(Law) , a sentence of secret character inserted by the testator alone, of which he reserves the knowledge to himself, with a condition that no will he may make thereafter shall be valid, unless this clause is inserted word for word; a precaution to guard against later wills extorted by violence, or obtained by suggestion.
Webster 1913
descriptive clause
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noun a subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies
descriptive clause.
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enabling clause
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noun a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law
enabling act.
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Enacting clause
- that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction.
Webster 1913
escalator clause
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noun a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
escalator.
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grandfather clause
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noun an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War
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independent clause
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noun a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
independent clause.
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Letters close ∨ clause
(Eng. Law.) , letters or writs directed to particular persons for particular purposes, and hence closed or sealed on the outside; distinguished from letters patent. Burrill.
Webster 1913
main clause
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noun a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
independent clause.
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nonrestrictive clause
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noun a subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies
descriptive clause.
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Relative clause
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noun a clause introduced by a relative pronoun
- `who visits frequently' is a relative clause in the sentence `John, who visits frequently, is ill'
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(Gram.) , a clause introduced by a relative pronoun.
Webster 1913
reserve clause
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noun a clause that used to be part of the contract with a professional athlete extending the contract for a year beyond its expiration
- the reserve clause was used to bind players to a particular ball club
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Residuary clause
(Law) , that part of the testator's will in which the residue of his estate is disposed of.
Webster 1913
restrictive clause
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noun a subordinate clause that limits or restricts the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies
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subordinate clause
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noun a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb
dependent clause.
