Chēv'i-sānçe, n.

(shēv'e-zāns), n. [O. Fr. chevisance, cherissance, chivisance, from chevir, to come to an end, to perform, from chef, head, end, the same as the Lat. caput. See CHIEVE and CHIEF.]

1. Achievement; deed; performance; enterprise accomplished. [Obs.] “Fortune, the foe of famous chevisance.” Spenser.
2. (Law.) (a.) A making of contracts; a bargain. (b.) An unlawful agreement or contract. Bouvier.