PROVI'SO, noun 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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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.