proviso

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Before that, a stipulation known as the Texas Proviso created a loophole that gave a pass to employers to hire noncitizens.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

Brown attended Proviso East High School in Maywood and played college football at the University of Notre Dame.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Sergio Brown, who graduated from Proviso East High School in Maywood, played college football for Notre Dame before his time with the NFL.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

With a majority in both houses of Congress, southerners feared, free-state forces could fasten the Wilmot Proviso on all the remaining territories and prevail in every subsequent sectional controversy.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

This famous "Wilmot Proviso" never became a part of any law; its sole importance was in its frequent presentation and the violent discussions over it.

From Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Keifer, Joseph Warren