Chevisance
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Fr. [from chevir, to come to the head, (c Jie/,) or end of a business.] In old English law. A bargaining, or perfecting of a bargain — (drawmg the matter to a head,) Termes de la ley. A making of contracts. Dufresne II.
569. Stat. 37 Hen. VIII. c. 9. Stat, 13 Eliz. c. 6. 7. 8. cited 2 Bl. Com. 474. Cowell.
A bargain or contract.
Cowell. Blount.
An unlawful or usurious bargain or contract.
Stat. 12 Car. II. c. 13.
Ibid. Sometimes erroneously written cherisance.
Whishaw.
CHEVITI^, Cheviscai. L. Lat. Pieces of ground, or heads at the end of ploughed lands.
2 Mon. Angl. 116. Cowell. Blount.
See Caputice.
See Caputice.