proviso : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: proviso	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for proviso
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proviso n a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision" Synonym(s): provision, proviso
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Proviso \Provi"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.