Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A clause in a document imposing a qualification, condition, or restriction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A clause making what precedes conditional on what follows; a provision or article in a statute, contract, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced; a conditional stipulation that affects an agreement, law, grant, etc.
- noun Nautical, a stern-fast or hawser carried to the shore, to steady a ship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
conditional provision to anagreement
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a stipulated condition
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The upside-down proviso is about protecting the people who got there first.
IPSC: daily double--theory Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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The upside-down proviso is paternalistic with respect to earlier owners — it applies even if they chose not to make their permission conditional, as in Gracen.
IPSC: daily double--theory Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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The upside-down proviso is about protecting the people who got there first.
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That proviso is a thoughtful message for young moviegoers.
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The upside-down proviso is paternalistic with respect to earlier owners — it applies even if they chose not to make their permission conditional, as in Gracen.
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But his proviso is that Justice League, about four superheroes including Wonder Woman, would have to do really, really boffo to justify having a female as the main star of a spin-off pic.
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The only important proviso is that such talks must be held in an atmosphere free from threat or duress.
The World Around Us 1962
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The upside down proviso: the proviso is that you shouldn’t give property if it would cause harm to use of commons.
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The upside down proviso is that you shouldn’t give property if it would cause harm to another property owner: “must not in any way affect the scope of any copyright protection in that preexisting material.”
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In both cases, however, the proviso is still that no one can be tried until they’re caught first.) Martinned (Quote)
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