sub-clause

noun

1. a subordinate section of a larger clause in a document, contract, etc

Example Sentences

We now know that Barr was quoting selectively and left out a crucial sub-clause which says that Trump’s campaign expected to profit from Russian hacking.

From The Guardian

King's concise wording gave way to Carney's chains of clause and sub-clause, decorated with phrases that could only quicken a banker's pulse, such as "explicit state-contingent forward guidance".

From Reuters

In fact the original quote contains a sub-clause - "unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture".

From BBC

Newspapers say the protection against exemplary damages for those who sign up to the approved regulator has been significantly weakened by a sub-clause in the bill which allows the high court to award damages on top of a fine imposed by the regulator, a so-called double jeopardy.

From The Guardian

A sub-clause of Article 56 of the March 2011 declaration had put the generals in charge of legislation, but that responsibility ended when the newly elected lower house, the People's Assembly, convened in January.

From BBC