Pur-sū'ance, n.
n. [From pursuant. See infra.]
Sense 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. Bp. Taylor.
Sense 2. The state of being pursuant; consequence.
In pursuance of, in accordance with; in prosecution or fulfillment of.