合同条款是合同条件的表现和固定化，是确定合同当事人权利和义务的根据。即从法律文书而言，合同的内容是指合同的各项条款。因此，合同条款应当明确、肯定、完整，而且条款之间不能相互矛盾。否则将影响合同成立，生效和履行以及实现订立合同的目的，所以准确理解条款含义有重要作用。今天，小编就带大家一起学习关于“条款”的法律英语词义辨析。
Term/condition
warranty/provision/article
clause/stipulation/prescription
以上单词均有“条款”的含义。
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Term
合同条款，约定，可数名词；也有合同的期限的意思，当表期限时为不可数名词。
英文释义：
1、Awordorphrase;esp,anexpressionthathasafixedmeaninginsomefield
2、Acontractualstipulation
——Black‘sLawDictionary
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Condition
合同的条件条款。为合同的重要和先决条款，法庭如认定合同的某一条款属于“条件”，则条件的不真实或违反可使义务方免除全部合同责任。
1、Astipulationorprerequisiteinacontract,wil-l,orotherinstrument,constitutingtheessenceoftheinstrument.Ifacourtconstruesacontractualtermtobeacondition,thenitsuntruthorbreachwillentitlethepartytowhomitismadetobedischargedfrmallliabilitiesunderthecontract.
2、Loosely,aterm,provision,orclauseinacontract.
3、Aqualificationattachedtotheconveyanceofpropertyprovidingthatifaparticulareventdoesordoesnottakeplace,theestatewillbecreated,enlarged,defeated,ortransferred.
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Warranty
1、Property.Acovenantbywhichthegrantorinadeedpromisestosecuretothegranteetheestateconveyedinthedeed，andpledgestocompensatethegranteeifthegranteeisevictedbysomeonehavingbettertitle.
2、Contracts.Anexpressorimpliedpromisethatsomethinginfurtheranceofthecontractisguaranteedbyoneofthecontractingparties;esp.,aseller’spromisethatthethingbeingsoldisasrepresentedorpromised.
3、Insurance.Apledgeorstipulationbytheinsuredthatthefactsrelatingtothepersoninsured,thethinginsured,ortheriskinsuredareasstated.
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Provision
条文。法律、合同或其他文书的条款。
1、Aclauseinastatute,contract,orotherlegalinstrument.
2、Astipulationmadebeforehand.SeePROVISO.
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Article
法律、契约等的条款。Articles指文件的条款。
1、Aseparateanddistinctpart(asaclauseorstipulation)ofawriting,esp.inacontract,statute,orconstitution
3、(pl.)Aninstrumentcontainingasetofrulesorstipulations
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Clause
①（契约、遗嘱、条约、法律、宪法等法律文件的）条款；
②《英》法案条款指提交给议会的法案经过编号的部分，如被通过，即成为该法令的条文。
Adistinctsectionorprovisionofalegaldocumentorinstrument.
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Stipulation
①契约或协定中的实质性条款；
1、Amaterialconditionorrequirementinanagreement;esp,afactualrepresentationthatisincorporatedintoacontractasaterm
2、Avoluntaryagreementbetweenopposingpartiesconcerningsomerelevantpoint;esp.,anagreementrelatingtoaproceeding,madebyattorneysrepresentingadversepartiestotheproceeding
3、Romanlaw.Aformalcontractboywhichapromisor(andonlythepromisor)becameboundbyoralquestionandanswer.
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Prescription
命令；指示；规定；法规。
1、Theactofestablishingauthoritativerules.
2、Arulesoestablished.——Alsotermed(archaically)prescript.
3、Theeffectofthelapseoftimeincreatinganddestroyingrights.
4、Theextinctionofatitleorrightbyfailuretoclaimorexerciseitoveralongperiod.——Alsotermednegativeprescription;extinctiveprescription.
5、Theacquisitionoftitletoathing.
6、Int'llaw.Theacquisitionofaterritorythroughacontinuousandundisputedexerciseofsovereigntyoverit.
7、Oilanggas.ALouisianadoctrinethatextinguishesunusedmineralservitudesaftertenyearsifthereisnoefforttodiscoverorproduceonthelandorthelandpooledwithit.