Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pursuant \Pur*su"ant\, a. [From {Pursue}: cf. OE. poursuiant.
   Cf. {Pursuivant}.]
   Acting in consequence or in prosecution (of anything); hence,
   agreeable; conformable; following; according; -- with to or
   of.

         The conclusion which I draw from these premises,
         pursuant to the query laid down, is, etc. --Waterland.

Pursuant \Pur*su"ant\, Pursuantly \Pur*su"ant*ly\, adv.
   Agreeably; conformably.

Source : WordNet®

pursuant
     adj : (followed by `to') in conformance to or agreement with;
           "pursuant to our agreement"; "pursuant to the dictates
           of one's conscience" [syn: {pursuant(p)}]