Clause

A separate portion: a part of a written instrument. One of the subdivisions of a written or printed document. Clauses take their names from the nature of the provision intended to be made by them. Of the more common are: clause of jurisdiction — in a bill in equity; clause of accruer; commerce, dictionary, enacting, guaranty, penal, residuary, and sweeping clause, qq. v. CLAUSUM. L. a close; an inclosure. Quare clausum fregit (pl. fregerunt). Wherefore he broke the close. The emphatic words in the old Latin writ commanding a defendant to show cause why he made an alleged unlawful entry upon plaintiff's land. Abridged to trespass quare clausum, qu. cl. fr., and q. c. f.

See Close, 3; Trespass.