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proviso


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  He  doth  deny  his  prisoners,  But  with  proviso  and 
  exception.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  proviso 
  n  :  a  stipulated  condition;  "he  accepted  subject  to  one 
  provision"  [syn:  {provision}] 




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