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Webster 1913 Edition

(pẽr′nan-sy̆)

Noun.

[OF.

prenance

, fr.

prendre

prenre

penre

, to take, L.

prendere

prehendere

(Law)

A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits.

Blackstone.

Noun.

A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind.

pernancy ‎(usually uncountable, plural pernancies)

(law) A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits.
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