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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A corruption of the French word par, by or for. It is frequently used in old French law phrases, as, pur autre vie. It is PUR AUTRE VIE (Old Fr. for another's life). An estate is said to be pur autre vie when a lease is made of lands or tenements to a man to hold for the life of another person.
2 Bl. Comm. 259; 10 Viner, Abr. 296; 2 Belt, Supp. Ves. 41.
PUR TANT QUE (Law Fr.) Forasmuch as; because; to the intent that.
Kelham.