Proviso

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A clause in a document making a qualification, condition, or restriction.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A conditional provision to an agreement
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A clause making what precedes conditional on what follows; a provision or article in a statute, contract, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced; a conditional stipulation that affects an agreement, law, grant, etc.
  • n. Nautical, a stern-fast or hawser carried to the shore, to steady a ship.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a stipulated condition
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    precondition    condition    stipulation   
    Cross Reference
    wilmot proviso    trial by proviso   
    Variant
    provisoes   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    clause    condition   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    duodecimo    stipulations    stipulation    lasso    duodecimal   
     
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