s as z. [Latin 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, etc. The charter of the bank contains a proviso that the legislature may repeal it at their pleasure.
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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.
1. In church affairs, a person appointed by the pope to a benefice before the death of the incumbent, and to the prejudice of the rightful patron. Formerly the pope usurped the right of presenting to church livings, and it was his practice to nominate persons to benefices by anticipation, or before they became vacant; the person thus nominated was called a provisor In England, this practice was restrained by statues of Richard II. and Henry IV.
1. One who provides; a purveyor.
4. One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6.
The office or position of a provisor.
1. Making temporary provision; temporary.
2. Containing a proviso or condition; conditional.
1. Of the nature of a proviso; containing a proviso or condition; conditional; as, a provisory clause.
2. Making temporary provision; provisional.
Qualification Roget’s Thesaurus §469
N. qualification, limitation, modification, # coloring, allowance, grains of allowance, consideration, extenuating circumstances, mitigation, condition, proviso, prerequisite, contingency, stipulation, provision, specification, sine qua non, catch, string, strings attached, exemption, exception, escape clause, salvo, saving clause, discount, restriction, fine print
V. qualify, limit, modify, leaven, give a color to, introduce new conditions, narrow, temper, waffle, quibble, hem and haw (be uncertain) 475, equivocate (sophistry) 477, depend, depend on, be contingent on (effect) 154, allow for, make allowance for, admit exceptions, take into account, modulate, moderate, temper, season, leaven, take exception
Adj. qualifying, qualified, conditioned, restricted, hedged, conditional, exceptional, hypothetical, contingent
Adv. provided, provided that, provided always, if, unless, but, yet, according as, conditionally, admitting, supposing, on the supposition of, with the understanding, even, although, though, for all that, after all, at all events, approximately, 17, in a limited degree (smallness) 32, somewhat, sort of, something like that, to a certain extent, to a degree, in a sense, so to speak, with grains of allowance, cum grano salis, exceptis excipiendis, wind and weather permitting, if possible, subject to, conditioned upon, with this proviso
Phr. "if the good lord is willing and the creeks don't rise", catch-22, degrees of evidence
Conditions Roget’s Thesaurus §770
N. conditions, terms, articles, articles of # agreement, memorandum, clauses, provisions, proviso, covenant, stipulation, obligation, ultimatum, sine qua non, casus foederris
V. make terms, come to terms, make it a condition, stipulate, insist upon, make a point of, bind, tie up
No Bible verses found for "proviso".