Lausel

Lausel is a term that has limited stand-alone use in major languages. In many cases, lausel appears as a misspelling or variant of Klausel, the German word for "clause," or of the English word "clause." There is no widely recognized, distinct concept known as lausel in standard reference works. The form often arises from transliteration errors or typographical slips when the intended term was Klausel or clause.

In contract law, a clause is a provision in a legal document that governs rights and obligations, such as a confidentiality clause, a governing-law clause, or an indemnification clause. Clauses are essential for delimiting the scope, conditions, exceptions, and enforceability of agreements and acts as building blocks of legal drafting.

In linguistics, a clause is a grammatical unit that contains a subject and a predicate; it can be independent (main clause) or dependent (subordinate clause). The German term Klausel is used in some linguistic texts to refer to similar concepts within German-language scholarship.

Across languages, related terms include English clause, German Klausel, Dutch clausule, French clause, Spanish cláusula, and Italian clausola. The exact spelling lausel is uncommon in formal terminology and is typically encountered as a misrendering or typographical variant of the standard terms in their respective languages.

Because lausel is not a standard term in major dictionaries or encyclopedias, citation and clarification usually require identifying the intended language and the correct form (clause, Klausel, clausule, etc.) to avoid ambiguity.