Provision
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Common Law. The property which a drawer of a bill of exchange places in the hands of a drawee: as, for example, by remittances, or when the drawee is indebted to the drawer when the bill becomes due, provision is said to have been made. Acceptance always presumes a provision. See Code de Comm. art.
115-117.
In French Law. An allowance granted by a jud^e to a party for his support, — which is to be paid before there is a definite judgment. In a civil case, for example, it is an allowance made to a wife who is separated from her.husband. Dalloz, Diet.