Synonyms for clause
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1. clause

   Synonyms:
   portion, paragraph, stipulation, provision, article, condition, chapter, section, passage

   Antonyms:
   document, instrument, muniment

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1. clausenoun

   (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence

   Synonyms:
   article

2. article, clausenoun

   a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

   Synonyms:
   article

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1. • Contract
   • Section

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1. clausenoun

   Synonyms:
   part or subdivision (of a sentence)

2. clausenoun

   Synonyms:
   article, provision, proviso, condition, stipulation

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1. clausenoun

   Synonyms:
   article, stipulation, proviso, provision

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1. List of paraphrases for "clause":

   clauses, provision, article, section, provisions, regulation, paragraph, stipulation, opt-out, articles, proviso

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1. Alabama Supreme Court:

   The Constitution provides that the 'Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records and judicial Proceedings of every other state.' That Clause requires each State to recognize and give effect to valid judgments rendered by the courts of its sister States.

2. Schuyler Moore:

   This wasn’t a sexual harassment claim and that this was just her speaking her mind. That it was not a violation of her morality clause because it requires actions, not speech.

3. Sonia Sotomayor:

   After assuming away an Establishment Clause violation, Supreme Court revolutionized Free Exercise doctrine by equating a State's decision not to fund a religious organization with presumptively unconstitutional discrimination on the basis of religious status.

4. Stephen Breyer:

   ( T) Chief Justice John Roberts Court's decisions in Trinity Trinity Lutheran and Espinoza prohibit States from denying aid to religious schools solely because of a school's religious status — that is, its affiliation with or control by a religious organization, but Trinity Lutheran and Espinoza have never said that the Free Exercise Clause prohibits States from withholding funds because of the religious use to which the money will be put.

5. Frank Mankiewicz:

   A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word "but" which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative -- before they tell you. Thus: "I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but ... " (a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut).