purview : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: purview	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for purview
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purview n the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge" Synonym(s): horizon, view, purview
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 [bd] Be it enacted, [b8] 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.