Provision

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 oeen made. Acceptance always presumes a provision. See Code de Comm, arts. 115-117. -^In French Law. An allowance granted by a judge to a party for his support,— which is to be paid before there is a definitive judgment. In a civil case, for example, it is an allowance made to a wife who is separated from her husband.

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