PURVIEW
- the body or enacting part of a statute.
- a field of activity or view [n -S]
- the extent of operation, authority, or concern [n PURVIEWS]
- the full scope or compass of any document, statement, subject, book, etc.
- refers to an area within which someone or something has authority, influence, or knowledge.
- the range of operation, authority, control, concern, etc.
- the range of vision, insight, or understanding
- a. that which is provided or enacted in a statute, as distinguished from the preamble b. the purpose or scope of a statute