pursuantn.adj.adv.

Brit.

/pəˈsjuːənt/, U.S.

/pərˈs(j)uənt/

Forms: Middle English poursuaunt, Middle English poursuiant, late Middle English (in a late copy)– pursuant, 1500s pursueant, 1700s persuant.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Apparently partly a borrowing from French. Apparently partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French pursuant , poursuant , pursuer ; pursue v., -ant suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently originally < Anglo-Norman pursuant, pursuiant, pursuaunt and Middle French poursuant (noun) plaintiff, prosecutor (although this is apparently first attested slightly later: 1401 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), (adjective) in conformance to, in accordance with (early 14th cent. or earlier), prosecuting (1402 or earlier), uses as noun and adjective respectively of present participle of pursuer, etc. pursue v. In later use < pursue v. + -ant suffix¹. Compare earlier pursuand n., pursuand adj. and later pursuivant adj. With use as adjective compare earlier pursuantly adv.With the form persuant compare γ. forms at pursue v. With sense B. 1 compare Anglo-Norman partie pursuant prosecuting party (1402 or earlier; also partie poursuiant ). With sense B. 2 compare Anglo-Norman pursuant, pursuiant, pursuaunt consequent, consistent (early 14th cent. or earlier), use as adjective of present participle of pursuer. With the use as adverb compare Anglo-Norman pursiwaunt a in pursuance of (early 14th cent. or earlier).

A. n.

1. Originally: †a plaintiff; a prosecutor; = pursuer n. 4 (obsolete). Later more generally: a person who pursues an action at law.In quot. a1393 figurative.In early use also: †a person who presents a petition (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > plaintiff

cravera1300

actora1325

askera1325

plaintiffa1325

plainer1340

challengera1382

pursuanta1393

follower1397

suer1423

pursuer1430

plainant1437

suitor1454

suit maker1469

complainant1495

plainandc1500

callerc1503

tabler1517

complaintiffc1533

complainer?1542

impleader1583

pledant1599

proceedera1618

querent1720

pulsator1730

demandeur1818

movant1875

rapper1904

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 239 These lovers..for that point which thei coveite Ben poursuiantz fro yeer to yere In loves Court.

1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 27 §113 The pursuantes in euery suche writte of errour..do pay like fees therfore.

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 292 At whiche parliament the pursuantes theim bond At his decree and iudgement to stond.

a1657 W. Bradford Hist. Plymouth Plantation in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1856) 4th Ser. III. 8 Vexed with apparators, and pursuants, and ye comissarie courts.

1917 Yale Law Jrnl. 26 682 In the procedural contract used in composition claims the pursuant had given up his right to take revenge in consideration of [etc.].

1994 Corporate Legal Times (Nexis) Oct. 11 A 1986 Rand Corp. study of transaction costs found that pursuants of products liability cases in that year spent $15 billion to $17 billion.

2002 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 6 June 4 A legal expert acting on behalf of the pursuants expressed hope that the move..could lead to a ‘chain reaction of disclosure’ among other fast food providers.

†2. An aspirant. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun] > one who aspires

pursuanta1393

aspirer1584

pretender1598

high-flyer1600

candidate1648

well-wisher1711

aspirant1738

aspirant1743

fast-tracker1970

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 2552 He, which was a poursuiant, Worschipe of armes to atteigne.

3. A person who pursues someone or something (in various other senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > pursuit > pursuer

pursuandc1350

pursuera1382

suera1425

followera1450

chaser1487

courser1590

pursuant1593

prosecutor1598

questrist1608

dogger1611

1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) iii. ii. 13 A manslayer came fleeing away by him; and being pursued with hue and crye; Fryer Francis was asked by one of the pursuants, whether he saw such a man passe that way, or no.

1685–6 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 144 Whether it does not render the Pursuants more eager to attaque, and the Women more easie to yield.

1707 R. Franck Admirable & Indefatigable Adventures Nine Pious Pilgrims 163 In the mean time these Pursuants that pursu'd my [Life,] accusing one another, fell at last to variance, that it ended in Blows.

1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid III. xi. 249 The recollection of the muttered name of the place from whence he was flying, of the old chief-commissioner, who was the pursuant, he most dreaded.

1924 W. J. Locke Coming of Amos xiii. 163 Amos..ran..followed also at a run by Hamilton, thereby giving..visitors..the impression of pick-pocket and pursuant.

1934 Philos. Sci. 1 134 Science proceeds by making the acceptance of its terms obligatory for all its pursuants.

1990 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 3 Nov. 3 b What a disappointment for us who have held all the higher ups of education as leaders—men of excellence, pursuants of all that is good and honest.

2001 Toronto Star 12 Jan. d4/1 Orlando Jones' uptight corporate high-roller finds himself on the lam from pistol-packing pursuants.

B. adj.

†1. That prosecutes an action in court; prosecuting. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [adjective] > engaged in litigation > suing or bringing action

complainant1495

pursuant1542

pursuivant1583

suing1622

proponenta1677

1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 27 §77 At libertie of the partie pursuant.

2. With to (occasionally †upon). Following upon, consequent and in conformance to; in accordance with. Frequently in legal contexts. Now rare (passing into adv.: see branch C.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective]

corollaryc1449

consequent1509

resulting?a1560

sequent1575

pursuant1593

following1594

ensuing1604

eventual1607

attendant1617

emergentc1619

resultant1639

resultative1645

consecutive1647

reflexed1653

redundant1654

reflex1654

consequential1655

resultive1655

attending1682

propter hoc1889

ensuant1897

sequential1899

pursuivant1941

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adjective]

followingc1400

conformable1526

conform1553

pursuant1593

conformala1645

fashionable1657

persecutory1774

1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) i. xii. 95 Yet the remedie giuen is of another nature, and so not pursuant to the former.

a1639 D. Digges Compl. Ambassador (1655) 215 This case was not pursuant upon the Treaty.

1649 Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 13 That the proceedings..shall be pursuant, and according to his Majesties printed Book of Instructions.

1701 Arraignm., Tryal & Condemnation Capt. W. Kidd 34 He has told you he acted pursuant to his Commission.

1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Property IV. 317 The reservation was in the same terms with the power, and, consequently, was pursuant to it.

1963 J. Thompson Grifters ii. 12 Certain things had to be done, for the sake of appearances: to stifle charges of neglect and the unpleasantness pursuant thereto.

2004 G. Nunberg Going Nucular 33 The arrest was pursuant to an old section of the penal code that makes it a felony to carry any of a long list of weapons.

3. That goes in pursuit; that follows after someone or something; pursuing. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [adjective] > pursuing

persequenta1475

pursuing1597

coursing1600

dogging1600

pursuant1649

chasing1669

1649 Perfect Diurnall No. 321. 2792 All the designes and stratagems of his enemies can never shake the strength, nor separate any member from his pursuant Empire.

1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 347 Nothing but what is pursuant of the End for which he Created us.

1836 Fraser's Mag. 14 648 Whom varnished fiction vainly woos, Of stern reality pursuant.

1906 Daily Chron. 12 Mar. 3/4 There is..the landing of the noble lord, the pursuant lady,..and several other people, on an island.

2002 N. Markotic in L. Moyes Gail Scott 37 Think of those Classical offerings of the fleeing maiden and the pursuant young man.

C. adv.

With to. In accordance with; consequent and in conformance to. Cf. pursuantly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adverb]

soothlyc825

welleOE

then971

alsoOE

thusc1175

followinglya1382

suinglya1382

hereuponc1385

effectuallya1398

thereforea1400

therewithc1450

pursuantly1530

consequently?1531

thereupon1534

hence?1535

accordingly1555

presently1580

by consequence1581

hereat1586

eventually1614

porismatically1646

consequentially1656

resultatively1657

pursuant1659

consecutivelya1691

in consequence1775

resultingly1840

propter hoc1844

resultantly1864

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adverb] > conformably or accordingly

thereafterc1175

likec1425

accordantlyc1443

thereby1512

pursuantly1530

agreeable1549

pursuant1659

accordingly1688

whereby1918

1659 Proclam. Charles II 2 Oct. (single sheet) We hope all those our friends, and loving Subjects, will rest fully satisfied with that we shall do pursuant to these propositions.

1675 J. Ogilby Britannia Introd. 1 Pursuant to our method..we have concluded it necessary.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 123. ¶4 They determined, pursuant to the Resolution they had taken,..to retire.

1712–13 J. Swift Let. to Mrs. Dingley 4 Jan. in Lett. (1767) I. 215 The bishop of Clogher and Dr. Pratt made me dine with them to-day at lord Mountjoy's, pursuant to an engagement which I had forgot.

1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 44 The following convicts were executed at Tyburn pursuant to their sentence.

1847 C. G. Addison Treat. Law Contracts (1883) i. i. §1 8 If the act has been performed pursuant to the previous request of the party making the promise.

1885 Act 48 & 49 Victoria c. 54 §15 Every monition..served on him pursuant to any of the provisions of the first-mentioned Act.

1941 F. D. Roosevelt in Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin: Hearings (1942) I. 2 I recommend authorization of construction of the St. Lawrence seaway and power project, pursuant to the agreement of March 19, 1941, with Canada.

1961 What Original Print? (Print Council of Amer.) 9 The impression is made directly from that original material, by the artist or pursuant to his directions.

2000 Times 7 Aug. (Sport Monday section) 9/7 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Rules 4.182A and 11.2 of the Insolvency Rules 1986, that the liquidator of the above companies intends [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pursuant
释义	pursuantn.adj.adv. Brit. /pəˈsjuːənt/, U.S. /pərˈs(j)uənt/ Forms: Middle English poursuaunt, Middle English poursuiant, late Middle English (in a late copy)– pursuant, 1500s pursueant, 1700s persuant. Origin: Of multiple origins. Apparently partly a borrowing from French. Apparently partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French pursuant , poursuant , pursuer ; pursue v., -ant suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently originally < Anglo-Norman pursuant, pursuiant, pursuaunt and Middle French poursuant (noun) plaintiff, prosecutor (although this is apparently first attested slightly later: 1401 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), (adjective) in conformance to, in accordance with (early 14th cent. or earlier), prosecuting (1402 or earlier), uses as noun and adjective respectively of present participle of pursuer, etc. pursue v. In later use < pursue v. + -ant suffix¹. Compare earlier pursuand n., pursuand adj. and later pursuivant adj. With use as adjective compare earlier pursuantly adv.With the form persuant compare γ. forms at pursue v. With sense B. 1 compare Anglo-Norman partie pursuant prosecuting party (1402 or earlier; also partie poursuiant ). With sense B. 2 compare Anglo-Norman pursuant, pursuiant, pursuaunt consequent, consistent (early 14th cent. or earlier), use as adjective of present participle of pursuer. With the use as adverb compare Anglo-Norman pursiwaunt a in pursuance of (early 14th cent. or earlier). A. n. 1. Originally: †a plaintiff; a prosecutor; = pursuer n. 4 (obsolete). Later more generally: a person who pursues an action at law.In quot. a1393 figurative.In early use also: †a person who presents a petition (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > plaintiff cravera1300 actora1325 askera1325 plaintiffa1325 plainer1340 challengera1382 pursuanta1393 follower1397 suer1423 pursuer1430 plainant1437 suitor1454 suit maker1469 complainant1495 plainandc1500 callerc1503 tabler1517 complaintiffc1533 complainer?1542 impleader1583 pledant1599 proceedera1618 querent1720 pulsator1730 demandeur1818 movant1875 rapper1904 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 239 These lovers..for that point which thei coveite Ben poursuiantz fro yeer to yere In loves Court. 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 27 §113 The pursuantes in euery suche writte of errour..do pay like fees therfore. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 292 At whiche parliament the pursuantes theim bond At his decree and iudgement to stond. a1657 W. Bradford Hist. Plymouth Plantation in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1856) 4th Ser. III. 8 Vexed with apparators, and pursuants, and ye comissarie courts. 1917 Yale Law Jrnl. 26 682 In the procedural contract used in composition claims the pursuant had given up his right to take revenge in consideration of [etc.]. 1994 Corporate Legal Times (Nexis) Oct. 11 A 1986 Rand Corp. study of transaction costs found that pursuants of products liability cases in that year spent $15 billion to $17 billion. 2002 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 6 June 4 A legal expert acting on behalf of the pursuants expressed hope that the move..could lead to a ‘chain reaction of disclosure’ among other fast food providers. †2. An aspirant. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun] > one who aspires pursuanta1393 aspirer1584 pretender1598 high-flyer1600 candidate1648 well-wisher1711 aspirant1738 aspirant1743 fast-tracker1970 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 2552 He, which was a poursuiant, Worschipe of armes to atteigne. 3. A person who pursues someone or something (in various other senses). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > pursuit > pursuer pursuandc1350 pursuera1382 suera1425 followera1450 chaser1487 courser1590 pursuant1593 prosecutor1598 questrist1608 dogger1611 1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) iii. ii. 13 A manslayer came fleeing away by him; and being pursued with hue and crye; Fryer Francis was asked by one of the pursuants, whether he saw such a man passe that way, or no. 1685–6 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 144 Whether it does not render the Pursuants more eager to attaque, and the Women more easie to yield. 1707 R. Franck Admirable & Indefatigable Adventures Nine Pious Pilgrims 163 In the mean time these Pursuants that pursu'd my [Life,] accusing one another, fell at last to variance, that it ended in Blows. 1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid III. xi. 249 The recollection of the muttered name of the place from whence he was flying, of the old chief-commissioner, who was the pursuant, he most dreaded. 1924 W. J. Locke Coming of Amos xiii. 163 Amos..ran..followed also at a run by Hamilton, thereby giving..visitors..the impression of pick-pocket and pursuant. 1934 Philos. Sci. 1 134 Science proceeds by making the acceptance of its terms obligatory for all its pursuants. 1990 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 3 Nov. 3 b What a disappointment for us who have held all the higher ups of education as leaders—men of excellence, pursuants of all that is good and honest. 2001 Toronto Star 12 Jan. d4/1 Orlando Jones' uptight corporate high-roller finds himself on the lam from pistol-packing pursuants. B. adj. †1. That prosecutes an action in court; prosecuting. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [adjective] > engaged in litigation > suing or bringing action complainant1495 pursuant1542 pursuivant1583 suing1622 proponenta1677 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 27 §77 At libertie of the partie pursuant. 2. With to (occasionally †upon). Following upon, consequent and in conformance to; in accordance with. Frequently in legal contexts. Now rare (passing into adv.: see branch C.). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective] corollaryc1449 consequent1509 resulting?a1560 sequent1575 pursuant1593 following1594 ensuing1604 eventual1607 attendant1617 emergentc1619 resultant1639 resultative1645 consecutive1647 reflexed1653 redundant1654 reflex1654 consequential1655 resultive1655 attending1682 propter hoc1889 ensuant1897 sequential1899 pursuivant1941 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adjective] followingc1400 conformable1526 conform1553 pursuant1593 conformala1645 fashionable1657 persecutory1774 1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) i. xii. 95 Yet the remedie giuen is of another nature, and so not pursuant to the former. a1639 D. Digges Compl. Ambassador (1655) 215 This case was not pursuant upon the Treaty. 1649 Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 13 That the proceedings..shall be pursuant, and according to his Majesties printed Book of Instructions. 1701 Arraignm., Tryal & Condemnation Capt. W. Kidd 34 He has told you he acted pursuant to his Commission. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Property IV. 317 The reservation was in the same terms with the power, and, consequently, was pursuant to it. 1963 J. Thompson Grifters ii. 12 Certain things had to be done, for the sake of appearances: to stifle charges of neglect and the unpleasantness pursuant thereto. 2004 G. Nunberg Going Nucular 33 The arrest was pursuant to an old section of the penal code that makes it a felony to carry any of a long list of weapons. 3. That goes in pursuit; that follows after someone or something; pursuing. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [adjective] > pursuing persequenta1475 pursuing1597 coursing1600 dogging1600 pursuant1649 chasing1669 1649 Perfect Diurnall No. 321. 2792 All the designes and stratagems of his enemies can never shake the strength, nor separate any member from his pursuant Empire. 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 347 Nothing but what is pursuant of the End for which he Created us. 1836 Fraser's Mag. 14 648 Whom varnished fiction vainly woos, Of stern reality pursuant. 1906 Daily Chron. 12 Mar. 3/4 There is..the landing of the noble lord, the pursuant lady,..and several other people, on an island. 2002 N. Markotic in L. Moyes Gail Scott 37 Think of those Classical offerings of the fleeing maiden and the pursuant young man. C. adv. With to. In accordance with; consequent and in conformance to. Cf. pursuantly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adverb] soothlyc825 welleOE then971 alsoOE thusc1175 followinglya1382 suinglya1382 hereuponc1385 effectuallya1398 thereforea1400 therewithc1450 pursuantly1530 consequently?1531 thereupon1534 hence?1535 accordingly1555 presently1580 by consequence1581 hereat1586 eventually1614 porismatically1646 consequentially1656 resultatively1657 pursuant1659 consecutivelya1691 in consequence1775 resultingly1840 propter hoc1844 resultantly1864 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adverb] > conformably or accordingly thereafterc1175 likec1425 likec1425 accordantlyc1443 thereby1512 pursuantly1530 agreeable1549 pursuant1659 accordingly1688 whereby1918 1659 Proclam. Charles II 2 Oct. (single sheet) We hope all those our friends, and loving Subjects, will rest fully satisfied with that we shall do pursuant to these propositions. 1675 J. Ogilby Britannia Introd. 1 Pursuant to our method..we have concluded it necessary. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 123. ¶4 They determined, pursuant to the Resolution they had taken,..to retire. 1712–13 J. Swift Let. to Mrs. Dingley 4 Jan. in Lett. (1767) I. 215 The bishop of Clogher and Dr. Pratt made me dine with them to-day at lord Mountjoy's, pursuant to an engagement which I had forgot. 1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 44 The following convicts were executed at Tyburn pursuant to their sentence. 1847 C. G. Addison Treat. Law Contracts (1883) i. i. §1 8 If the act has been performed pursuant to the previous request of the party making the promise. 1885 Act 48 & 49 Victoria c. 54 §15 Every monition..served on him pursuant to any of the provisions of the first-mentioned Act. 1941 F. D. Roosevelt in Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin: Hearings (1942) I. 2 I recommend authorization of construction of the St. Lawrence seaway and power project, pursuant to the agreement of March 19, 1941, with Canada. 1961 What Original Print? (Print Council of Amer.) 9 The impression is made directly from that original material, by the artist or pursuant to his directions. 2000 Times 7 Aug. (Sport Monday section) 9/7 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Rules 4.182A and 11.2 of the Insolvency Rules 1986, that the liquidator of the above companies intends [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.adv.a1393
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