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In pursuance of

Pursuance \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.