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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

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- PurVIEW is an integrated image display and viewing plug-in software package that incorporates stereoscopic viewing technology for ESRI ArcGIS 9 (or later...
- technology institutions in India. Established in 1950, they are under the purview of the Ministry of Education of the Indian Government and are governed...
- under the purview of the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education, except for nine universities which are under the purview of other...
- provinces of Spain correspond by and large to the provinces created under the purview of the 1833 territorial re-organization of Spain, with a similar predecessor...
- is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. Nanyang Polytechnic has won...
- Court Judgment Gambling in Nigeria is now firmly under the regulatory purview of state governments, reflecting the federal nature of the country’s Constitution...
- city of Karnataka. The KSP is a state police force that works under the purview of the Department of Home Affairs, Government of Karnataka. The department...
- and are maintained by the National Highway Authority of India under the purview of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The road system consists...
- operational command authority over Army forces proper (which is within the purview of the combatant commanders who report to the secretary of defense), the...