Long term accumulation in legislation caused many problems in setting up of definition clause. the main performance of which is the non-unity between location and way of expression of definitive clause and its contents. 现行法律文本中,定义条款设置中存在的问题多是在立法过程中长期积累形成的,主要表现为定义条款及其规定内容在法律文本中的位置和表述方式的不统一。