saving clause

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

From Gleanings by the Way by Clark, John A.

The only saving clause in the affair was the fact that Mr. Flurry Knox was to meet us at the scene of action.

From Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin

By 1884, however, the advantages of “settlement terms” became so evident that they were adopted by the Cotton Association, at first for fortnightly periods, with the saving clause originally that they should not be compulsory.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various

Article 19 was inserted as a saving clause.

From The Geneva Protocol by Miller, David Hunter

Cromwell said that he might alter it if he pleased, and a saving clause was introduced, not too conspicuous.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.