Excepted

Excepted is an adjective and the past participle of the verb except. It denotes that something is excluded from a general rule, provision, or category. The word is commonly found in legal, governmental, financial, or contractual language to mark items, persons, or circumstances that do not fall under a broader requirement.

In legal and regulatory contexts, an excepted item appears in lists within statutes or contracts to specify what is not covered. For example, a tax statute may apply to all income excepted by law, or a contract may hold that liability applies to all goods excepted from the warranty. The sense is exclusion by specification.

In government and employment, excepted service is a category of appointments not subject to the competitive civil service rules; personnel in this category are hired or managed under agency-specific or statutory criteria.

In insurance or policy language, policies can include exceptions where coverage applies to all risks excepted by policy terms.

Related terms include exemption, exclusion, and exception.