PURVIE

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PURVIEW. That part of an act of the legislature which begins with the words 
  "Be it enacted," &c., and ends before the repealing clause. Cooke's R. 330 3 
  Bibb, 181. According to Cowell, this word also signifies a conditional gift 
  or grant. It is said to be derived from the French pourvu, provided. It 
  always implies a condition. Interpreter, h.t.