Legal Definitions - purview

Purview means the scope or area of application of something. It can also refer to the body of a statute following the preamble.

• The purview of the new policy only applies to employees in the marketing department.
• The purview of the law includes all citizens of the country.

These examples show how purview is used to describe the extent or range of something. In the first example, the purview of the policy is limited to a specific group of people. In the second example, the purview of the law applies to everyone in the country.