purview Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
    horizon; view.
    • It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge

WordNet

Pur"view noun
Etymology
OF. purveu, pourveu, F. pourvu, provided, p. p. of OF. porveoir, F. pourvoir. See Purvey, View, and cf. Proviso.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913