Category:Purveyance

Pur*vey"ance, n. Etym: [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)

Defn: 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.