Provisions

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  provisions
       n : a stock or supply of foods [syn: {commissariat}, {provender},
            {viands}, {victuals}]

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



  PROVISIONS. Food for man; victuals. 
       2. As good provisions contribute so much to the health and comfort of 
  man,  the law requires that they shall be wholesome; he who sells 
  unwholesome provisions, may therefore be punished for a misdemeanor. 2 East, 
  P. C. 822; 6 East, R. 133 to 141; 3 M. & S. 10; 4 Campb. R. 10; 4 M. & S. 
  214. 
       3. And in the sale of provisions, the rule is, that the seller 
  impliedly warrants that they are wholesome. 3 Bl. Com. 166.