Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pursuance \Pur*su"ance\, n. [See {Pursuant}.]
   1. The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or
      after.

            Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new
            nothings, but pursuances of old truths. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.

   2. The state of being pursuant; consequence.

   {In pursuance of}, in accordance with; in prosecution or
      fulfillment of.

Source : WordNet®

pursuance
     n 1: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria;
          "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance
          of fame"; "a quest for wealth" [syn: {pursuit}, {quest}]
     2: the continuance of something begun with a view to its
        completion [syn: {prosecution}]