Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Provisions of Oxford

Hist. During the reign of Henry III, a constitution created by the Mad Parliament and forming the King's advisory council that met with a group of barons several times a year to handle the country's affairs and resolve grievances, esp. those resulting from the King's avoidance of his obligations under Magna Carta. ( The Provisions were effective until the baron uprising in 1263 under Simon de Montfort.