Synonym of forum selection clause

(law) a provision of a law which says the law or something under it, as an agency or benefit established by it, will come to an end on a particular date or after a particular period of time.

Alternative form of Free Exercise Clause

(informal) An escape clause.

(US, law) A clause in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, stating "[Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion] or prohibiting the free exercise thereof".

(US, law) Synonym of Dormant Commerce Clause

(US, law) A legal doctrine inferred from the Commerce Clause that prohibits states from discriminating against interstate or international commerce.

Synonym of forum selection clause

A contractual provision determining the territorial (or less often only international, or subject matter) jurisdiction for a legal dispute concerning a concrete legal relationship.

(Australia, India, New Zealand, UK) A provision in a bill before Parliament, that enables the Government to amend the text of the bill once it becomes an Act of Parliament or to repeal the Act using secondary legislation.