Pro-vīʹso, n.

n.; pl. PRO-VĪʹSŌZ. [Lat., it being provided, abl. of provisus, p. p. of providere. See PROVIDE.] 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, or the like.

He doth deny his prisoners, But with proviso and exception That we, at our own charge, shall ransom straight His brother-in-law, the foolish Mortimer. Shak.