pernancy

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman pernance, from Old French prenance, from prendre, prenre, penre (“to take”), from Latin prendere, prehendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)nənsi/

Noun

pernancy (usually uncountable, plural pernancies)

1. (law, obsolete) A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits.
   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

     pernancy of the profits

Related terms

• pern

References

• “pernancy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.