provisos

Variant of proviso

noun pl. provisos or provisoes

  1. a clause, as in a document or statute, making some condition or stipulation
  2. a condition or stipulation

Origin: ML proviso (quod), provided (that) < L, abl. of provisus, pp. of providere: see provide

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