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Webster 1913 Edition

Proviso

Pro-vi′so

,
Noun.
;
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.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Proviso

PROVI'SO

,
Noun.
s as z. [L. provisus, ablative proviso, it being provided.] An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant or other writing, by which a condition is introduced; a conditional stipulation that affects an agreement, contract, law, grant, &c. The charter of the bank contains a proviso that the legislature may repeal it at their pleasure.

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