Found 2 items, similar to Provisos.
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: Provisos
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.
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