1. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence
   "The dependent clause 'when it rains' modifies the main clause"
    
2. A separate section of a legal document (as a statute, contract or will)
   "The lawyer carefully reviewed each clause of the contract";
   - article

Sounds like: claws

Derived forms: clauses

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

Part of: doc [informal], document, papers, sentence, written document

Encyclopedia: Clause, Marcel