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Meanings of act in pursuance in English

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Usage of act in pursuance in English
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Belgium was acting in pursuance of a most sacred right, the right to defend your own home.
Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914
2
Probably because she thought, as France had expressed it, that she acted in pursuance of her interests.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, ...
3
He acts in pursuance of a purpose, and, if he has any affections or dislikes, ignores them.
Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, M...
4
'I believe more, Mr. President, that these gentlemen were acting in pursuance of a settled and fixed plan to break up and destroy this Government.'
The Great Conspiracy, Volume 2