saving clause

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All conciliar and other injunctions for enclosure added a saving clause of “manifest necessity” and this gave an opening for an infinite variety of interpretation.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

But it is impossible to be continually introducing the saving clause, "all are not so bad as these."

From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Calhoun, Lucia Gilbert

To elude this difficulty a saving clause is thrown into this chapter to this effect.

From Gleanings by the Way by Clark, John A.

"And my inclinations, I hope," she said, laughingly, "with no saving clause as to their being virtuous."

From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Savigny, Annie Gregg

It seemed to her suddenly that this was the only saving clause in the long list of errors, and she saw the difference it would have made if Francis had known the truth.

From East of the Shadows by Barclay, Hubert, Mrs.