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Answer for the clue "Stipulation ", 7 letters:
proviso

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Word definitions for proviso in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A conditional provision to an agreement

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision" [syn: provision ] [also: provisoes (pl)]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Proviso \Pro*vi"so\, n.; pl. Provisos . [L., (it) being provided, abl. of provisus, p. p. of providere. See Provide , and cf. Purview .] An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE following ▪ This institute believes that some form of National Statistics Council has a role to play but with the following provisos: 1. only ▪ The only proviso is that the politicians have to be asked first. ▪ ...

Usage examples of proviso.

This proviso was held not to prevent the Federal Government from exercising the power of eminent domain within the District.

I ailing but I am lacking in funds, and emperor for emperor and monarch for monarch, in Naples I have the great Count of Lemos, who, without all the provisos of colleges and rectorships, sustains me and protects me and does me more good turns than I could ever desire.

Whatever may be worked out by a criticism of the language of those resolutions, the people have never understood them as being any more than an indorsement of the compromises of 1850, and a release of our senators from voting for the Wilmot Proviso.

That while this Act provides that the Philippine government shall have the authority to enact a tariff law the trade relations between the islands and the United States shall continue to be governed exclusively by laws of the Congress of the United States: Provided, That tariff acts or acts amendatory to the tariff of the Philippine Islands shall not become law until they shall receive the approval of the President of the United States, nor shall any act of the Philippine Legislature affecting immigration or the currency or coinage laws of the Philippines become a law until it has been approved by the President of the United States: Provided further, That the President shall approve or disapprove any act mentioned in the foregoing proviso within six months from and after its enactment and submission for his approval, and if not disapproved within such time it shall become a law the same as if it had been specifically approved.

You can make movies, audiobooks, translations, fan-fiction, slash fiction (God help us) [GEEK HIERARCHY], furry slash fiction [GEEK HIERARCHY DETAIL], poetry, translations, t-shirts, you name it, with two provisos: that one, you have to allow everyone else to rip, mix and burn your creations in the same way you're hacking mine.

The infidel, whether she abjured or not, was almost ready to be used regularly and indiscriminately at least in that one hole for the time being - by the males and dildoed females the Marquise invited to her weekends, with the proviso that the slut be first well prepared with the whip.

After Alda Mikels received his sentence, Towne campaigned for the position of chairman, but it was given by the board reluctantly, and with the proviso that it was temporary, ending upon Mikels’ release.

The author of this article retains full copyright of the material, while hereby granting full permission for it to be reprinted in any format whatsoever, with the provisos that his name be forever attached to it, the text of the document be forever unaltered, and if anyone manages to figure out how to make big bucks off of it, the below mentioned author wants a cut.

Some authors assert that the decree of the senate was read before the men were beheaded, but there was a proviso in it to the effect that if he thought fit, he might refer the question to the senate, and Fulvius took this to mean that he was at liberty to decide as to what would be the best course in the interests of the republic.

Stephen could not but agree, and after a moment's cursing of his own tongue for its absolute, domineering, prating folly, its lack of ponderation and decent restraint, which would have led to provisoes, to certain exemptions for the common good, he took a turn on deck, where he was comforted first by an uncommonly numerous school of flying fishes that skimmed well above the surface, quite high in the air, there to be snapped up in the fading light by the frigate-birds, darting and flashing among them with breath-taking rapidity.

You probably don't know it, but it has been privately reported in the inner circle of the University that old Fletcher was to leave the bulk of his fortune to found a great school of preventive medicine, and that the only proviso was that his nephew should be dean of the school.

The provisos included the right to establish American military bases on the island and to intervene in Cuban affairs "in order to preserve [Cuban] independence.

In the dining-room two elderly celebrities (Max Lerner and Richard Brook) were ordering complicated meals, with many doctorial vetos and provisos, while in the adjacent room the little squad of playmates and playthings, of honeys and bunnies, sat quietly around a table with their glasses (soft drinks only: Ner' doesn't want them sloppy).

Despite much harassment and entrapment, these provisos are quite clearly unenforceable.

With these provisos I can swear to you that I have met no one who would willingly trade a week for anything I could offer.