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es·cape clause

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  1. escape clausenoun

    Any clause, term or condition in a contract that allows a party to that contract to avoid having to perform the contract or cancel it.

Wikipedia

  1. Escape Clause

    "Escape Clause" is episode six of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It is "the story of a strange contract between a mortal man and his most satanic majesty"; it originally aired on November 6, 1959, on CBS.

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  1. Escape Clause

    "Escape Clause" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone and aired on CBS on November 6, 1959.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of escape clause in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of escape clause in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of escape clause in a Sentence

  1. European Economics Commissioner Pierre Moscovici:

    The Commission feels it's time to establish fiscal equity, so that companies pay what they owe, their fair share to the right place, there will be no escape clause and no room for interpretation on these requirements. It will be simple. It's automatic.

  2. Henri Barkey:

    There's almost an escape clause in there.

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