• 1. a group of words, consisting of a subject and a predicate including a finite verb, that does not necessarily constitute a sentence - See also main clause subordinate clause coordinate clause
• 2. a section of a legal document such as a contract, will, or draft statute
• 3. C13: from Old French, from Medieval Latin clausa a closing (of a rhetorical period), back formation from Latin clausula, from claudere to close

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