Found 2 items, similar to proviso.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: proviso proviso n : a stipulated condition; “he accepted subject to one provision” [syn: provision] [also: provisoes (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Proviso Proviso \Pro*vi"so\, n.; pl. Provisos. [L., (it) being provided, abl. of provisus, p. p. of providere. See Provide, and cf. Purview.] 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. [1913 Webster] He doth deny his prisoners, But with proviso and exception. --Shak. [1913 Webster]