PROVINCE

Sometimes this signifies the district into which a country has been dlvid· ed; as, the province of Canterbury, tn Eng• land; the province of Langue doc, in France. Sometimes ft means a dependency or colony;. as, the province of New Brunswick. It is sometimes used figuratively to signify pow- ·er or authority; as, it is the province of the court to judge of the law; that of the jury to· decide on the facts..1 BI. Comm. 111; Tomlins. [s. 967]