provision

provision (Act of supplying), noun accommodation, arrangement, catering, donation, endowment, furnishing, preparation, procurement, providence, purveyance, serving

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provision (Clause), noun article of agreement, condition, limitation, obligation, proviso, qualification, requirement, reservation, restriction, specification, term
Associated concepts: damages provision, express provision, forfeiture provision, mandatory provision, penal provision, procedural provision, restrictive provision, self-executing provision, statutory provision, substantive provision, techhical provision
Foreign phrases: Quando abest provisio partis, adest prooisio legis.When a provision of the party is lacking, the provision of the law supplies it.

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provision (Something provided), noun cache, fund, hoard, maintenance, ration, reserve, resources, staples, stock, stockpile, store, supply

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See also: accommodation, adjustment, aid, alimony, article, attornment, bear, bestow, budget, clause, condition, contribution, dispensation, division, donation, endowment, forethought, fund, furnish, inheritance, limitation, precaution, preparation, principle, qualification, ration, replenish, reservation, reserve, resource, safeguard, stock, store, supply, title, ultimatum, yield

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PROVISION, com. law. The property which a drawer of a bill of exchange places in the hands of a drawee; as, for example, by remittances, or when the drawee is indebted to the drawer when the bill becomes due, provision is said to have been made. Acceptance always presumes a provision. See Code de Comm. art. 115, 116, 117.

PROVISION, French law. An allowance granted by a judge to a party for his support; which is to be paid before there is a definitive judgment. In a civil case, for example, it is an allowance made to a wife who is separated from her husband. Dict. de Jurisp. h.t.