proviso Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a stipulated condition
    provision.
    • he accepted subject to one provision

WordNet

Pro*vi"so noun
Etymology
L., (it) being provided, abl. of provisus, p. p. of providere. See Provide, and cf. Purview.
Wordforms
plural Provisos
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913