Purveyance PURVEYANCE, n. Procurement of provisions or victuals.
1. Provision; victuals provided. 2. In English laws, the royal
prerogative or right of pre-emption, by which the king was authorized to
buy provision and necessaries for the use of his household at an apprized
value, in preference to all his subjects, and even without the consent
of the owner; also, the right of impressing horses and carriages, etc.;
a right abolished by Stat.12. Charles II.24.
purveyance n. 1 the act of purveying. 2 Brit. hist. the right of the sovereign to provisions etc. at a fixed price. Etymology: ME f. OF porveance f. L providentia PROVIDENCE
purveyance
pə:ˈveɪəns n. 1 the act of purveying. 2 Brit. hist. the right of
the sovereign to provisions etc. at a fixed price. [ME f. OF porveance f. L
providentia PROVIDENCE]
Purveyance \Pur*vey"ance\, n. [Cf. F. pourvoyance.]
1. The act or process of providing or procuring; providence;
foresight; preparation; management. --Chaucer.
The ill purveyance of his page. --Spenser.
2. That which is provided; provisions; food.
3. (Eng. Law) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by
buying them at an appraised value in preference to all
others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was
formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished.
--Wharton.
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