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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Pursuance

· Pur·su·ance · IPA /pə(ɹ)ˈsjuːəns/
01 n. The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after.
  1. 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. 2.
    The state of being pursuant; consequence.
Phrases & compounds
In pursuance of — in accordance with; in prosecution or fulfillment of.