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A part or section of a statute, pleading, affidavit, etc., which con-tains one article, the sense of which is com-plete. McClellan v. Hein, 56 Neb. 600, 77 N. W. 120; Hill v. Fairhaven A W. R. Co., 75 Conn. 177, 52 Atl. 725; Marine v. Pack-ham, 52 Fed. 579, 3 C. C. A. 210; Bailey v. Mosher, 63 Fed. 488, 11 C. C. A. 304

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)