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Definition of: proviso
(prə·vī′zō) noun plural ·sos or ·soes
A conditional stipulation; a clause, as in a contract or statute, limiting, modifying, or rendering conditional its operation. [<Med. L proviso (quod) it being provided (that), ablative neut. sing. pp. of L providere. See PROVIDE.]
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