Purview
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
That part of an act which commences with the words be it enacted, and ends before the repealing act; the body or substantive part of a statute; hence (and this is its more frequent use) the eifect, purpose, or scope of a law.