Pĕr'nan-çy, n.

n. [O. Fr. prenance, from prendre, prenre, penre, to take, Pr. prendre, penre, Sp. & Pg. prender, It. prendere, Lat. prendere, prehendere.] (Law.) A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind. Blackstone.