Clause \Clause\, n. [Obs.]
   See {Letters clause} or {Letters close}, under {Letter}.
   
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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.
      
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            The usual attestation clause to a will. --Bouvier.
      
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   2. (Gram.) A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a
      sentence containing a subject and its predicate.
      
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