Category:Proviso

Pro*vi"so, n.; pl. Provisos. Etym: [l., (it) being provided, abl. of Provisus, p. p. of providere. See provide, and cf. Purview.]

Defn: 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.