Definitions for: Proviso

[n] a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: provision

See Also: condition, precondition, stipulation

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