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Definition of Purview

Purview
Purview Pur"view, n. [OF. purveu, pourveu, F. pourvu, provided, p. p. of OF. porveoir, F. pourvoir. See Purvey, View, and cf. Proviso.] 1. (a) (Law) The body of a statute, or that part which begins with `` Be it enacted, ' as distinguished from the preamble. --Cowell. (b) Hence: The limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions. --Marshall. Profanations within the purview of several statutes. --Bacon. 2. Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent. In determining the extent of information required in the exercise of a particular authority, recourse must be had to the objects within the purview of that authority. --Madison.

Meaning of Purview from wikipedia

- an article on "purview", but its sister project Wiktionary does: Read the Wiktionary entry "purview" You can also: Search for Purview in Wikipedia to...
- PurVIEW is an integrated image display and viewing plug-in software package that incorporates stereoscopic viewing technology for ESRI ArcGIS 9 (or later...
- Latin singular noun in the nominative case. It must be unique within the purview of each nomenclatural code, but can be repeated between them. Thus ****a...
- school districts are allowed to enact a local earned income tax within the purview of Act 32. Residents of these muni****lities and school districts are required...
- was carried during FS1's portion of the coverage, leaving it out of FCC purview). Both Fox Sports and the tournament's organizer, the United States Golf...
- Davis Cup, and the entry-level ITF World Tennis Tour do not fall under the purview of the ATP, but are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)...
- artists to the point of album release is generally considered under the purview and responsibility of A&R. The A&R division of a record label is responsible...
- Army, the Sri Lanka Navy, and the Sri Lanka Air Force, come under the purview of the Ministry of Defence. The total strength of the three services is...
- (Statutarstädte). A statutory city is a city that is vested, in addition to its purview as a muni****lity, with the duties of a district administrative authority...
- the public health sector in the northern emirates, which fall under its purview and which, unlike Abu Dhabi and Dubai, do not have separate healthcare...