contract clause
Legal document provision
A contract clause is a specific provision or section within a contract that addresses a particular matter—payment terms, termination rights, confidentiality obligations.
Contracts are built from clauses, each handling a distinct aspect of the agreement: The non-compete clause prevented her from working for rivals for two years.
In U.S. constitutional law, the Contract Clause (Article I, Section 10) prohibits states from impairing contractual obligations.
- conditionState or stipulation
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- prepayment penaltyFee for accelerated loan closure
- non-compete agreementContract barring competitor employment
- confidentiality agreementContract requiring secrecy
statute · draft · agreement terms · force majeure · signature · sign on the dotted line · terms · legal jargon · limited liability · precedent · fine print · review · severability · seal · escape · binding · warranty · legal
- Secrecy TermsNDA, trade secret, classified, confidential, secrecy
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
- assignmentsassignment, task, job, chore, duty
- Ladder Matchesclimb, retrieval, briefcase
- payment obligationspayment, debt payment, obligation, repayment, installment
contract clausegentleman's agreement
Informal pact based on trust
handshake deal · verbal agreement · letter of intent · memorandum of understanding · tacit agreement