Chevisance

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An agreement; an unlawful contract.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An agreement or composition; an end or order set down between a creditor or debtor; an indirect gain in point of usury, etc.; also an unlawful bargain or contract Wharton.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

fr.

In old English law. A bargaining; a making of contracts; a bargain or contract; an unlawful or usurious bargain or contract

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

An agreement or composition; an end or order set down between a creditor or debtor; an indirect gain in point of usury, ete.; also an unlawful bargain or contract. Wharton.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

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.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

contracts, torts; this is a French word which signifies in that Janguage accord, agreement, compact. In the English statutes it is used to denote a bargain or contractin general. In a legal sense it is taken for an unlawful bargain or contract.