saving clause

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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

This was the saving clause in her character.

From Money Magic A Novel by Garland, Hamlin

The law siding with the knave against the fool; the saving clause for the imprisonment of poor debtors in the Act of 1869.

From The Law and the Poor by Parry, Edward Abbott

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

Is there no saving clause from this terrible requirement of completion?

From Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things by Ruskin, John