plural of jurisdiction clause

plural of forum clause

(grammar) A clause that has another (subordinate) clause embedded within it.

plural of matrix clause

plural of sunrise clause

(business, law) A contract provision that extends coverage to events that occurred before the contract was signed.

plural of coordinate clause

(grammar) A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.

(informal) An escape clause.

(US, law) A clause in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, stating "[Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion] or prohibiting the free exercise thereof".