one-clause

Updated: May 5, 2025

After that there is indeed a hiatus, nor have I ever been able to see what advantage is held out to the viscount who desires to become a marquis unless, indeed, it be marquises that become viscounts. Anyhow, it is the latter title which is the less English and the less manly and which I am glad to hear it is proposed to abolish by a short, one-clause bill in the next Session of Parliament.

Hilaire Belloc - On Nothing and Kindred Subjects