clause

clause
clause clause [klɔːz ǁ klɒːz] noun [countable]
LAW COMMERCE a part of a written law, contract, or legal document that deals with a particular item or subject:

• Clause 12 enables the Secretary of State to make orders to protect pension rights.

asˈsignment clause INSURANCE LAW
a clause in an insurance agreement that says that someone can pass their rights to another person or company
ˈaverage clause
INSURANCE LAW a condition set by an insurer that a payment for damage or loss will be in proportion to the value insured. For example, if a building worth £100,000 but insured for £50,000 is totally destroyed, the insurers will only pay £25,000
ˈbreak clause LAW PROPERTY
a clause in a contract that allows you to end the contract early, for example in a contract for using a building or a piece of land
ˈbreakdown ˌclause
COMMERCE TRANSPORT LAW a condition in a contract, saying that someone who pays to use a ship, aircraft, vehicle, or piece of machinery will not have to pay any money during any period of time when the ship, aircraft etc is not working properly
ˈcommerce ˌclause
ECONOMICS LAW a clause in the US constitution, giving Congress the authority to control business, labour, and farming that takes place between the different states of the US:

• Discrimination against waste from other states violates the interstate commerce clause of the American Constitution.

confidentiˈality ˌclause
HUMAN RESOURCES LAW a clause, especially in a contract of employment, that says you must not give other people or companies private information about your employer's activities:

• He had breached the terms of a confidentiality clause in his agreement.

continuˈation ˌclause INSURANCE
a clause in an insurance policy by which insurance cover will continue after the end of the policy until a new one is paid for
enˈabling ˌclause
LAW part of a new law or bill that gives officials the power to start using the new law and to make sure it is obeyed:

• The enabling clause allows the local authorities to make the necessary provision for new housing, including places for the homeless.

ˈescalator ˌclause
COMMERCE part of a contract that states that a price or other quantity may be increased if certain conditions occur:

• Canada proposed an escalator clause for an airline to increase services if its aircraft were more than 65% full.

esˈcape ˌclause
COMMERCE LAW part of a contract that states that someone is no longer bound by a particular part of a contract if certain conditions occur:

• The wage deal has an escape clause: companies may pay their workers less if they exercise a `hardship clause'.

ˈgagging ˌclause also ˈgag clause [countable] LAW
informal HUMAN RESOURCES another name for confidentiality clause:

• Does a gagging clause in my contract of employment prevent me from blowing the whistle on my employer?

ˈget-out ˌclause informal LAW COMMERCE
another name for an escape clause:

• The club has revealed that their director of football has a get-out clause in his contract allowing him to leave if he is offered an international position.

ˈgrandfather ˌclause
COMMERCE a clause in a new rule stating that a person or business already doing the activity covered by the rule does not have to follow it:

• The new rule has a good chance of winning approval because it has a generous grandfather clause.

ˈobjects ˌclause
the clause in a company's memorandum of association (= a document giving all the details of a new company when it is formed), listing the things that the company will do, including the types of goods and services that it will deal with:

• The objects clause did not provide for the construction and running of railway systems, only for the manufacture of railway equipment.

ˈpenalty ˌclause
COMMERCE LAW a condition in a contract that says what will happen if one of the people or organizations involved does not do what the contract states they should:

• The defendants were liable to a penalty clause in the main contract if the work was not completed on time.

— see also Institute Clauses

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clause UK US /klɔːz/ noun [C] LAW
a part of a written legal agreement that deals with a particular subject: »

See clause 8.2(b) of the standard sale agreement.

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Rules and location for resolving disputes are outlined under the contract's arbitration clause.

add/remove/include a clause »

Some companies will insure you, but will add a clause excluding any flood claims.

See also ASSIGNMENT CLAUSE(Cf. ↑assignment clause), AVERAGE CLAUSE(Cf. ↑average clause), BREAK CLAUSE(Cf. ↑break clause), BREAKDOWN CLAUSE(Cf. ↑breakdown clause), COMMERCE CLAUSE(Cf. ↑commerce clause), CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE(Cf. ↑confidentiality clause), CONTINUATION CLAUSE(Cf. ↑continuation clause), ENABLING CLAUSE(Cf. ↑enabling clause), ESCALATOR CLAUSE(Cf. ↑escalator clause), ESCAPE CLAUSE(Cf. ↑escape clause), GAGGING CLAUSE(Cf. ↑gagging clause), GET-OUT CLAUSE(Cf. ↑get-out clause), GRANDFATHER CLAUSE(Cf. ↑grandfather clause), OBJECTS CLAUSE(Cf. ↑objects clause), PENALTY CLAUSE(Cf. ↑penalty clause), SUNSET CLAUSE(Cf. ↑sunset clause)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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