Definition of Chevisance. Meaning of Chevisance. Synonyms of Chevisance

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Definition of Chevisance

Chevisance
Chevisance Chev"i*sance, n. [Of. chevisance, chevissance, fr. chevircome to an end, perform, fr. chef head, end, from L. caput head. See Chieve, Chief.] 1. Achievement; deed; performance. [Obs.] Fortune, the foe of famous chevisance. --Spenser. 2. A bargain; profit; gain. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 3. (O. Eng. Law) (a) A making of contracts. (b) A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact. (c) An unlawful agreement or contract.

Meaning of Chevisance from wikipedia

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- 27 — 26 May 1424 Of the chevisance to be maide in Flanderis for payment of the finance for the kingis costage. Of the chevisance to be made in Flanders...
- but also to the overthrow of all true and plain dealing, bargaining and chevisance between man and man, without the which no commonwealth or civil society...
- but also to the overthrow of all true and plain dealing, bargaining and chevisance between man and man, without the which no commonwealth or civil society...