proviso
Clause with strings
A proviso is a condition or stipulation attached to an agreement, law, or statement—a qualification that limits or modifies what has been said: The contract included a proviso allowing either party to withdraw.
It often introduces an exception: You can stay, with the proviso that you help with dinner.
Condition in an agreement
- conditionState or stipulation
- caveatWarning or qualification
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- exceptionDeviation from standard
contingency · fine print · addendum · codicil · article · paragraph · amendment · rider
Shared position between parties
- termsConditions of an agreement
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- understandingMental comprehension of something
arrangement · deal · compact · accord · undertaking · commitment · guarantee · assurance
Court-ordered behavioral requirement
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- statuteEnacted written rule
regulation · enactment · decree · ruling · directive · compliance · enforceability · binding
stipulation
Condition in an agreement
- conditionState or stipulation
- caveatWarning or qualification
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
exception · contingency · fine print · addendum · codicil · article · paragraph · amendment · rider · limitation
agreement
Shared position between parties
understanding · arrangement · deal · compact · accord · undertaking · commitment · guarantee · assurance · bond
injunction
Court-ordered behavioral requirement
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
statute · regulation · enactment · decree · ruling · directive · compliance · enforceability · binding · boilerplate
- Exceptionsexception, exemption, exclusion, special case, anomaly
- requirementsrequirement, requirements, prerequisite, requisite, requisites
- conditionalsif, then, if clause, if clauses, else
- contract termscontract terms, agreement, terms, conditions, condition
- document partstitle, page, paragraph, sentence, chapter
- restrictionsban, bans, limits, limit, restrictions
provisocarte blanche
Total freedom to choose
no strings attached · unconditional · unrestricted · unqualified · blank check
- provided thatConditional conjunction phrase
- internet providersCompanies supplying web access
- health care providerOne licensed to treat illness
- service providersBusinesses offering work for clients
- healthcare providerMedical treatment source
- internet service providersFirms supplying network connections
provide, provided, provision, providing, provider, providers, provisos, unprovided, provisioning