Provisos

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Proviso \Pro*vi"so\, n.; 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.
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           He doth deny his prisoners,
           But with proviso and exception.          --Shak.
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