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Proviso

Webster's Dictionary

(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; as, the contract was impaired by its proviso.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Proviso'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/proviso.html. 1828.