Clausula

I. I. A clause; a sentence or part of a sentence in a written instrument or law. Clausula generalis: a general clause; — de residuo non ea complectitur qu% non ejusdem sint generis cum lis quae speciatim dicta fuerant: a general clause of remainder does riot embrace those things which are of the same kind with those which had been specially mentioned; — non refertur ad expressa: a general clause does not refer to things expressed. Clausula quse abrogationem exclndit ab initio non valet: a clause which precludes abrogation is void from the beginning. Clausula Tel dispositio inutilis per presumptionem remotam, vel causam ex post facto non fnlcitur: a useless clause or disposition is not supported by a remote presumption or by a cause arising afterwards. Clausulse inconsuetae semper inducunt suspicionem: unusual clauses always induce suspicion.