saving clause
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 83 U.S. 522 - Steamboat Company v. Chase · 1872Most cited · 219 citing opinions
wherever the common law in such a case is competent to give a party a remedy, the right to such a remedy is reserved and secured to suitors by the saving clause contained in the ninth section of the Judiciary Act.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
An exception of a special thing out of general things mentioned in a statute. See 174 Mo. 125, 61 L. R. A. 593, 73 S. W. 623.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In a legal instrument a clause exempting something which might otherwise be subjected to the operation of the instrument. In an act of parliament, a saving clause which is repugnant to the body
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A saving clause in a statute is an exception of a special thing out of the general things mentioned in the statute ; it is ordinarily a restriction in a repealing act, which is intended to save rights, pending proceedings, penalties, etc., from the annihilation which would result from an unrestricted repeal. State v. St. Louis, 174 Mo. 125, 73 S. W. 623, 61 In It. A. 593 ; Clark Thread Co., v. Kearney Tp., 55 N. J. Law, 50, 25 AH. 327.