purview
[pur-vyoo]
- the range of operation, authority, control, concern, etc.
- the range of vision, insight, or understanding.
- Law.
- that which is provided or enacted in a statute, as distinguished from the preamble.
- the purpose or scope of a statute.
- the full scope or compass of any document, statement, subject, book, etc.
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Origin of purview
Synonyms
See more synonyms for purview on Thesaurus.com1. scope, responsibility, compass, extent.
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Contemporary Examples
From his purview, our visit and interest had brought excitement to him and his peers.
I have recently established a web site containing a summary of what actually will be done within the purview of our research.
Treaty compliance issues are the purview of the State Department.
The judge and the lawyers broke for a sidebar, outside the purview of the jury, the media, and the public.
As it is in occupied territory, CHEJS falls under the purview of the IDF, so the army appoints the members of the council.
Historical Examples
So these also the Artist will have to keep within his purview.
The Heart of NatureFrancis Younghusband
Philo of Alexandria does not come within our purview as he was not medival.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish PhilosophyIsaac Husik
With this we may compare the purview of a statute, from the Old Fr.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.)Ernest Weekley
Here was a manifestation far outside the purview of his experience.
Sudden JimClarence Budington Kelland
The supposed act is outside of its reach of purview and testimony.
Theoretical EthicsMilton Valentine
purview
- the scope of operation or concern of something
- the breadth or range of outlook or understanding
- law the body of a statute, containing the enacting clauses
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Word Origin
C15: from Anglo-Norman purveu, from porveeir to furnish; see purvey
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Word Origin and History for purview
n.
mid-15c., "body of a statute," from Anglo-French purveuest "it is provided," or purveu que "provided that" (late 13c.), clauses that introduced statutes in old legal documents, from Anglo-French purveu, Old French porveu (Modern French pourvu) "provided," past participle of porveoir "to provide," from Latin providere "make ready" (see provide). Sense of "scope, extent" is first recorded 1788 in "Federalist" (Madison). Modern sense and spelling influenced by view (n.).
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