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Proviso definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROVI'SO, n. s as z. [L. provisus, ablative proviso, it being provided.] An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant or other writing, by which a condition is introduced; a conditional stipulation that affects an agreement, contract, law, grant, etc. The charter of the bank contains a proviso that the legislature may repeal it at their pleasure.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision" [syn: provision, proviso]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -sos; also -soes) Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin proviso quod provided that Date: 15th century 1. an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition 2. a conditional stipulation

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -os) 1 a stipulation. 2 a clause of stipulation or limitation in a document. Etymology: L, neut. ablat. past part. of providere PROVIDE, in med.L phr. proviso quod it being provided that

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(provisos) A proviso is a condition in an agreement. You agree to do something if this condition is fulfilled. I told Norman I would invest in his venture as long as he agreed to one proviso... N-COUNT: oft N that

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Condition, provision, clause, conditional stipulation.

Moby Thesaurus

bill, boundary condition, calendar, catch, clause, companion bills amendment, condition, donnee, dragnet clause, enacting clause, escalator clause, escape clause, escape hatch, exception, fine print, given, grounds, hold-up bill, joker, kicker, limiting condition, motion, obligation, omnibus bill, parameter, prerequisite, privileged question, provision, provisions, qualification, question, requisite, reservation, rider, saving clause, sine qua non, small print, specification, stipulation, string, strings, term, terms, ultimatum, whereas