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dependent or subordinate clauses is called a matrix clause. A matrix clause can be the main clause or any subordinate clause that itself contains one

the Senate. In combination with the vesting clauses of Article Two and Article Three, the Vesting Clause of Article One establishes the separation of

includes the Citizenship Clause, Privileges or Immunities Clause, Due Process Clause, and Equal Protection Clause. The Citizenship Clause broadly defines citizenship

that source code be distributed at all. In addition to the original (4-clause) license used for BSD, several derivative licenses have emerged that are

A morality clause (also known as a morals clause, bad boy clause or bad girl clause) is a provision within instruments of a contract which curtail, or

Amendment to states—a process known as incorporation—through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In Everson v. Board of Education (1947), the

A grandfather clause, also known as grandpa clause, grandfather policy, grandfathering, or being grandfathered in, is a provision in which an old rule

the Double Jeopardy Clause; the Self Incrimination Clause; the Due Process Clause; and, the Takings Clause. The Grand Jury Clause limits governmental

1's Vesting Clause declares that the executive power of the federal government is vested in the president and, along with the Vesting Clauses of Article

A habendum clause is a clause in a deed or lease that defines the type of interest and rights to be enjoyed by the grantee or lessee. In a deed, a habendum