| n. | 1. | |
| 1. | Achievement; deed; performance. | |
| 2. | A bargain; profit; gain. | |
| 3. | (O. Eng. Law) A making of contracts. |
CHEVISANCE, contracts, torts. This is a French word, which signifies in that language, accord, agreement, compact. In the English statutes it is used to denote a bargain or contract in general. In a legal sense it is taken for an unlawful bargain or contract.
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