Blanket clause

Blanket clause
Blanket clause Blan"ket clause` (Law) A clause, as in a blanket mortgage or policy, that includes a group or class of things, rather than a number mentioned individually and having the burden, loss, or the like, apportioned among them. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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