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Proviso

Proviso Meaning & Definition
Proviso Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Proviso?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Proviso: provision

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See Also | condition | precondition | stipulation

Proviso In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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