saving clause

Example Sentences

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Cecil's face fell at that saving clause, and in his heart he almost ventured to wish it had been otherwise.

From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant

Yet it would be hard to be sure of this, Captain Rodney being one of those who have "sighed to many," without even the saving clause of having "loved but one."

From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess

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.

The one letter is only the plausible, affectionate, amplification of the other's impertinence, with a saving clause, on the first page, inserted from dictation, when the grievous indiscretion had been committed....

From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

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