From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
He doth deny his prisoners,
But with proviso and exception. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proviso
n 1: a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one
provision" [syn: {provision}, {proviso}]
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