PROVISO

provision, proviso

(noun) a stipulated condition; “he accepted subject to one provision”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

proviso (plural provisos or provisoes)

A conditional provision to an agreement.

Source: Wiktionary


Pro*vi"so, n.; pl. Provisos. Etym: [L., (it) being provided, abl. of provisus, p. p. of providere. See Provide, and cf. Purview.]

Definition: An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, usually beginning with the word provided; a conditional stipulation that affects an agreement, contract, law, grant, or the like; as, the contract was impaired by its proviso. He doth deny his prisoners, But with proviso and exception. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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