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  • 51Taxing and Spending Clause — Article I, , Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, is known as the Taxing and Spending Clause. It is the clause that gives the federal government of the United States its power of taxation. Component parts of this clause are known as the… …

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  • 52Non-restrictive clause — A non restrictive clause is a clause in which the noun phrase (NP) that is used to avoid repetition (as the referent of an anaphor, meaning that it is substituted by another word, but refers to the same noun) is determined by its antecedent where …

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  • 53Commerce Clause — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution Preamble Articles of the Constitution I · …

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  • 54Citizenship Clause — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution Preamble Articles of the Constitution I · …

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  • 55Non-compete clause — Contract law Part …

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  • 56Final clause — A final clause in linguistics is a dependent adverbial clause expressing purpose. For this reason it is also referred to as a purposive clause or a clause of purpose .In English, final clauses are relatively rare. A final clause is a reply to a… …

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  • 57open mortgage clause — n: a mortgage clause which provides that payments go first to the mortgagee to the extent of its interest and which makes the mortgagee s right to receive payment dependent on the mortgagor s right to recover under the policy – called also simple …

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  • 58subordinate clause — ► NOUN ▪ a clause that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause (e.g. ‘when it rang’ in ‘she answered the phone when it rang’) …

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  • 59subordinate clause — noun a clause that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause (e.g. ‘when it rang’ in ‘she answered the phone when it rang’) …

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  • 60subordinate clause — /səbɔdənət ˈklɔz/ (say suhbawduhnuht klawz) noun Grammar a clause that modifies and is dependent upon a main clause, as when I came in the sentence They were glad when I came …