'In pursuance of' definitions:
Definition of 'In pursuance of'
From: GCIDE
- Pursuance \Pur*su"ance\, n. [See Pursuant.]
- 1. The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after. [1913 Webster]
- Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being pursuant; consequence. [1913 Webster]
- In pursuance of, in accordance with; in prosecution or fulfillment of. [1913 Webster]