Purview
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 15 U.S. 132 - The San Pedro · 1817Most cited · 41 citing opinions
of a statute
Wherever this term is used, it is manifestly intended to designate the enacting part or body of the act, in contradistinction to the other parts of it, such as the preamble, the saving, and the proviso.
How often courts cite the case defining “Purview”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Purview” — 40 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.