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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Clause \Clause\, n. [Obs.]
     See {Letters clause or close}, under {Letter}.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clause
       n 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}]

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