Purport
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Has a signification different from tenor. It means the substance as it appears on the face of the instrument.
Tenor imports an exact copy
State v. Atkins, 5 Black/. 458; Commonwealth v. Wright, 1 Cush. 46.