A piece of writing that appears in a publication. In contracts it refers to a clause or a paragraph of text.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
A separate and distinct part of an instrument or writing comprising two or more particulars; one of several things presented as connected or forming a whole. Carter v. Railroad Co., 126 N. C. 437, 36 S. E. 14; Wetzell v. Dinsmore, 4 Daly (N. Y.) 195. In English ecclesiastical law. A complaint exhibited in the ecclesiastical court by way of libel. The different parts of a libel, responsive allegation, or counter allegation in the ecclesiastical courts. 3 Bl. Comm. 109. In Scotch practice. A subject or mat; ter; competent matter. “Article of dittay.”