plural of Horn clause

(logic) A Horn clause with exactly one positive literal.

plural of subject clause

(law) A provision within a business agreement or employment contract which stipulates that the contracting party must abstain from competitive practices not in the interests of an identified firm, such as starting a competing business or accepting a job with a competitor, and often extending for a period of time after the termination of the original employment or other business relationship.

plural of noun clause

(grammar) A minimal predicate structure that possesses arguments and predicates but no tense: small clauses usually occur within the context of full clauses and may act as the direct object of the verb.

plural of small clause

plural of subordinate clause

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

(law) A provision in a legal document or lease allowing a signatory or lessee to terminate the contract legally and usually without penalty under certain circumstances.