Legal Dictionary

proviso

Legal Definition of proviso

Noun

  1. A condition stipulation
  2. A clause, as in contract or statute, limiting modifying or rendering conditional its operation.

Definition of proviso

Etymology

    From Latin proviso (“it being provided”), ablative singular neuter of provisus, past participle of providere (“to provide”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /prəˈvaɪzoʊ/

Noun

proviso (plural provisos or provisoes)

  1. A conditional provision to an agreement

References:

  1. Wiktionary. Published under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.



SHARE THIS PAGE

TOP LEGAL TERMS THIS WEEK
1.     landed property
2.     lex situs
3.     conclusive presumption
4.     AORO
5.     status quo
6.     Doctor of Laws
7.     buggery
8.     lex loci delicti commissi
9.     lex patriae
10.     lex fori