Pur*su"ance (?), n. [See Pursuant.]

1.

The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after.

Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths. Jer. Taylor.

2.

The state of being pursuant; consequence.

In pursuance of, in accordance with; in prosecution or fulfillment of.

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