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Webster 1913 Edition
Purveyance
Pur-vey′ance
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
pourvoyance
.] 1.
The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.
Chaucer.
The ill
purveyance
of his page. Spenser.
2.
That which is provided; provisions; food.
3.
(Eng. Law)
A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner’s consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished.
Wharton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Purveyance
PURVEYANCE
,Noun.
1.
Provision; victuals provided.2.
In English laws, the royal prerogative or right of pre-emption, by which the king was authorized to buy provision and necessaries for the use of his household at an apprized value, in preference to all his subjects, and even without the consent of the owner; also, the right of impressing horses and carriages, &c.; a right abolished by Stat.12. Charles II.24.Definition 2024
purveyance
purveyance
English
Noun
purveyance (plural purveyances)
- The act of purveying
- (Britain) The prerogative of the Crown to requisition goods and services for royal use
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