CHEVISANCE, noun 1. Achievement; deed; performance; enterprize accomplished. 2. In law, a making of contracts; a bargain. 3. An unlawful agreement or contract. James 1:12. 4. An agreement or composition, as an end or order set down between a creditor and his debtor.
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