Purlieu vs. Purview — What's the Difference?

Purlieu is a term used of the outlying parts of a place or district. It was a term of the old Forest law, and meant, as defined by John Manwood, Treatise of the Lawes of the Forest (1598, 4th ed.

The extent or range of activity, function, power, or competence; scope.

An outlying or neighboring area.

Range of vision

Purlieus Outskirts; the environs.

Range of understanding or experience.

A place that one frequents.

The body or main part of a statute, as distinguished from its preamble.

(historical) The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc.

The general scope and coverage of a statute.

The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood.

(legal) The enacting part of a statute.

Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights.

(legal) The scope of a statute.

Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood.

Scope or range of interest or control.

Range of understanding.

The body of a statute, or that part which begins with " Be it enacted, " as distinguished from the preamble.

Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent.

The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated;