Chevantia
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A loan, or advance of money on credit. See "Chevisance." CHEVISANCE (Fr. agreement). A bargain or contract; an unlawful bargain or contract. CHEVITIAE (Lat.) In old records. Pieces of ground, or heads at the end of plowed lands.
2 Mon. Angl. 116; Cowell; Blount.