Definizione monolingua

clause

clause (third-person singular simple present clauses, present participle clausing, simple past and past participle claused)

1. (transitive, shipping) To amend (a bill of lading or similar document).
   • 1970, Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee, Report of the session, number 11:?

     The question of clausing the bills of lading, so as to avoid ""dirtying"", which impairs its negotiability, may also be looked into

   • 1978, Samir Mankabady, The Hamburg rules on the carriage of goods by sea, page 215:

     Any attempt to clause a Bill of Lading will be strenuously resisted by shippers, and they will obtain clean bills in the usual ways

   • 1990, Alan Mitchelhill, Bills of lading: law and practice:

     It was held that the bills of lading presented were in this case clean as they contained no reservations by way of endorsement, clausing or otherwise to suggest that the goods were defective

   • 2004, Martin Dockra; Katherine Reece Thomas, Cases & materials on the carriage of goods by sea, page 104:

     There is little authority in English law dealing with the liability of a carrier who unnecessarily clauses a bill of lading.

clause (plural clauses)

1. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (grammar, informal) A group of two or more words which include a subject and any necessary predicate (the predicate also includes a verb, conjunction, or a preposition) to begin the clause; however, this clause is not considered a sentence for colloquial purposes.
2. (grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is (subordinate)dependent.
3. (law) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document.

clause

1. vocative masculine singular of clausus

Definizione dizionario clause

	clausola
	Something that is stated as a condition for an agreement.
	A group of words that contains a verb and its subject and is used as a part of a sentence.

frase

phrase

proposizione

Altri significati:

(grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is (subordinate)dependent.

separate part of a contract

(law) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document.

group of two or more words which include a subject and any necessary predicate

word or group of words ordinarily consisting of a subject and a predicate

In Transact-SQL, a subunit of an SQL statement. A clause begins with a keyword.

(transitive, shipping) To amend (a bill of lading or similar document).

(Can we clean up <sup>(+)</sup> this sense?) (grammar, informal) A group of two or more words which include a subject and any necessary predicate (the predicate also includes a verb, conjunction, or a preposition) to begin the clause; however, this clause is not considered a sentence for colloquial purposes.

A provision or condition affecting the terms of a contract.