clause

[klɔːz]

Definition:
1. An item in a legal document that says that a particular thing must or must not be done.
2. A group of words that includes a subject and a verb, and forms a sentence or part of a sentence.

Use 'clause' in a sentence:

1. The arbitration clause is indispensable for any contracts.
2. I have no more questions about this clause.
3. This clause is not allowed if the column is specified in the primary key, or in a unique constraint of the table.
4. The SECTION clause as part of the text search criteria identifies the part within the XML document structure where text search shall occur.
5. It turns out that when you get to this clause, one player has won.
6. I wouldn't want an escape clause. I wouldn't ask for one and I wouldn't need that.
7. This has, in fact, turned out to be a wonderful escape clause for dishonest employers everywhere.
8. The return value of any function is the result of the last expression in that clause (in our examples there is only one line).
9. If you want to move a subset of data, you should modify the SELECT clause accordingly.
10. Why force the country to modify the clause?
11. What we really have here is an adjectival clause qualifying potentially a noun phrase or a noun.
12. In english, a clause acting as the subject of a sentence counts as singular.
13. It will remove the clause for all new policies from January.
14. What clause do you require in the contract?