Carve-out

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The exception which, in the eyes of a diligent clerk, proves the rule. No rule, no legal proposition, is too complicated that it can't me made more so by the judicious use of a carve-out. Carve-outs often go with out saying, and can be seen as a species of without limitation or for the avoidance of doubt.