purview
[ pur-vyoo ]
/ ˈpɜr vyu /
noun
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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purview
/ (ˈpɜːvjuː) /
noun
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
Word Origin for purview
C15: from Anglo-Norman purveu, from porveeir to furnish; see purvey
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Word Origin and History for purview
purview
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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