(Canada, law) Section 33 of Part I (Charter of Rights and Freedoms) of the Canadian Constitution Act (1982), which permits the creation of laws without regard for certain constitutional rights. Specifically, under section 33 the federal and provincial governments may enact laws "notwithstanding" section 2 (Fundamental Freedoms) and sections 7 through 15 (Legal and Equality Rights) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Such laws may be in effect for up to five years and are renewable.

(grammar) A clause that is used as a subject or object.

(law) a provision in a contract that makes all obligations to be performed under the contract due immediately upon a specific occurrence, such as a breach

(grammar) A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; contains at least a subject and a verb.

(figuratively) Any clause, term or condition in a contract or statute that avoids the application of a provision

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clause

plural of clause

plural of testing clause

(Scotland, law) The last clause in a Scottish deed, which narrates when and where the parties signed the deed, before what witnesses, by whose hand written, etc.

Relating to clausilia