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0 a particular part of a written legal document, for example a law passed by Parliament or a contract (= an agreement):
1 a group of words, consisting of a subject and a finite form of a verb:
In the sentence "I can't cook very well but I make quite good pancakes", both "I can't cook very well" and "I make good pancakes" are main/independent clauses (= they are of equal importance and could each exist as a separate sentence).
In the sentence "I'll get you some stamps if I go to town", "if I go to town" is a subordinate/dependent clause (= it is not as important as the main part of the sentence and could not exist as a separate sentence).
2 a group of words that includes a subject and a verb to form a simple sentence or only part of a sentence:
4 a part of a written legal agreement that deals with a particular subject: