A Bill is divided up into sections that Parliament can debate separately. They are known as clauses. Clauses can be amended or added to a Bill. When a Bill becomes an Act of Parliament these clauses are called sections.
Shotgun Clause definition:
A buy-sell agreement where a shareholder wishes to sell his or her shares, or an irreconcilable disagreement on a fundamental issue in regards to the corporation breaks out between shareholders, ...
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"If a provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, that shall not affect:
the validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other provision of this Agreement; or ...
Escape Clause
n. a provision in a contract which allows one of the parties to be relieved from (get out of) any obligation if a certain event occurs.
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A contract clause that provides that the entire outstanding amount owed under the contract will become immediately due under certain circumstances.
ATTESTATION CLAUSE - That clause wherein the witnesses certify that the instrument has been executed before them, and the manner of the execution of the same.
Supremacy Clause at Legal Glossary What is it? Provision under Article IV, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, providing that federal law is superior to and overrides state law when they conflict.
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Clause 39: Has never been rescinded, and is the precursor of habeas corpus "No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights and possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, ...
Clause
A paragraph or subdivision of a legal document such as a contract.
Clerk Of Court
An officer of the court who has clerical duties, including record keeping, filing and making certified copies.
CLAUSE, contracts. A particular disposition which makes part of a treaty; of an act of the legislature; of a deed, written agreement, or other written contract or will.
Term: Clause
Definition: A paragraph or subdivision of a legal document such as a contract.
Term: Clerk Of Court
Definition: An officer of the court who has clerical duties, including record keeping, filing and making certified copies.
Merger Clause - Merger clauses state that the written document contains the entire understanding of the parties.
Dragnet Clause
A clause in a mortgage or deed or trust which places the real estate as security for existing debts between the parties.
Clause
Definition - Noun
: a distinct section of a writing
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: a distinct article, stipulation, or proviso in a formal document <a no-strike ~ in the collective bargaining agreement>
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A clause in a contract that states that if a payment is missed, or some other default occurs (such as the debtor becoming insolvent), then the contract is fully due immediately.
This clause means that discrimination is morally unacceptable, in particular racial discrimination or sexist discrimination.
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Zipper Clause
Zoning Ordinances
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omnibus clause
n. 1) an automobile insurance policy clause which provides covera...
on all fours
adj. a reference to a lawsuit in which all the legal issues are i...
Off-hire clause: in a time charter, the owner is entitled to a limited time for his vessel to be off hire until such time as the vessel may be repaired or dry-docked.
Officer: any of the licensed members of the ship's complement.
No-Contest Clause: Language in a will that provides that a person who makes a legal challenge to the will's validity will be disinherited.
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Faint Hope Clause
The provision that allows an offender sentenced to more than 15 years before becoming eligible for full parole (e.g., a murderer) to have his or her parole eligibility reconsidered; ...
due process clause: The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S Constitution provides that no person may be deprived of life, liberty or property by the state without "due process of law.
ad damnum: clause of a pleading alleging amount of loss or injury
adjournment: a temporary postponement of the proceedings of a case until a specified future time
adjudicate: to hear or try and determine judicially ...
ACCELERATION CLAUSE In a mortgage, note, bond, etc., that requires the debtor to pay all or part of the balance sooner than the date specified for payment upon occurrence of event or circumstance described in the contract.
ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE: Portion of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constituion that prohibits government from "establishing" a religion.
ESTATE: All the property a person owns.
exceptio - a clause of defense allowed by the praetor in a defendant's response under the Formulary system.
the tribunes Licinius and Sextius introduced into their laws, for the promotion of the privileges of the plebs, a clause enacting that no more than 500 jugera of land should be occupied by a single cultivator.
Enacting clause The short phrase that introduces the basic-units of a law enacted by some legislatures. For instance, an enacting clause can have the following form: ENACTED by the Parliament of as follows:.
Habendum The habendum clause in a deed or similar conveyancing document is the part that says how the person receiving title may "have and hold" the property rights conveyed by the document.
The equal protection clause, which was also brought to bear on the economic legislation of the states, was held to invalidate restraints on corporations from which other businesses were exempted.
Preamble: The formal introductory clause of a patent claim. Depending on the circumstances, the preamble may or may not define a narrowing element of the claim.
A contract will commonly contain a clause forbidding disclosure of trade secrets and confidential information to third parties during and after the contract.
Exclusion clause
A clause in which a contracting party seeks to exclude himself from liability (e.g. "Cars parked at owner's risk").
Executor; executrix
The name given to a person appointed by someone's will to administer their estate.
This is the rule in contract law that is applied when interpreting a clause, especially an exclusion clause, in an action that says that, where ambiguity as to a terms meaning exists, it should be read against the party who wrote it.
For example, many leases include a hold harmless clause in which the tenant agrees not to sue the landlord if the tenant is injured due to the landlordâEâ"¢s failure to maintain the premises.
The clause at the end of a common-law declaration, in which the plaintiff sets out the money amount of the loss he has suffered in consequence of the act he complains of; also, the amount itself so set out. R. Co., 83 Ky. 171, 180 (1885).
Severability: The understanding that one clause in a contract is independent of the others.
Sole Custody: A form of custody in which one parent is awarded both physical and legal custody.
caption - The heading or introductory clause of papers connected with a case in court, which shows the names of the parties, name of the court, docket number of the case, etc.
Notice from a landlord to a tenant to leave the landlord's property on a specified date, the date that the tenancy ends or after a set period, if the tenancy agreement allows for a break clause, ...
QUAMDIU SE BENE GESSERIT
As long as he shall behave himself well. A clause inserted in commissions, when such instruments were written in Latin, to signify the tenure... more
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[Latin: for so long as she remains chaste]. Separation agreements years ago used to contain dum casta clauses which said that if the women were to start another relationship, she forfeited her entitlement to maintenance.
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Separation agreements years ago used to contain dum casta clauses which said that if the women were to start another relationship, she forfeited her entitlement to maintenance.
Dum sola
Latin: for so long as she remains unmarried.
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suspect classifications - The Court will employ the "strict scrutiny" standard under the Equal Protection Clause in determining the legitimacy of classifications that are based upon a trait which itself seems to contravene established ...
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