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pursuant

pursuant

50 7.6
Following a law, rule, or official document
  • adjective
  • /pərˈsjuːənt/
  • Formal
translation icon : de conformidad con
  • This court is now in session pursuant to the adjournment.
  • pursuant to the Act
  • pursuant to regulations
  • pursuant to Section

It's, it looks like a security, it should be sold to the public pursuant to, you know, disclosures and regulations.

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Examples

  • Please submit your application pursuant to the guidelines provided on our website.

  • The special Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight... was created pursuant to Section 136... of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946... to conduct a general investigation into the operation... of the federal regulatory agencies.

  • We are going to go ask his counsel to turn it over pursuant to the records request.

  • Sir, pursuant to an act of Congress, you have been promoted to the rank of General of the Army.

  • The court is now in session, pursuant to the adjournment.

  • Pursuant to rule 26.06, we have the right to call her as a witness.

  • First, is the expansion of the model legally authorized pursuant to statutory requirements?

    Academic text (2017)
  • Did you bring those tapes with you, pursuant to the government's subpoena?

  • First, it permitted tribes to offer such games only pursuant to compacts negotiated with states.

    Academic text (2017)
  • In the UK, international organizations are generally granted some degree of immunity pursuant to the International Organisations Act 1968 (IOA).

    Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

by virtue of
vspursuant
  • Formal
25 4.5

Because of something

is used to show action taken according to a rule or authority

Surface Forms

pursuant positive

Morphology

pursuant = pursue (semi-transparent) = pursue + ant

Formally derived from the verb 'pursue' with the adjectival suffix '-ant', but the fixed legal/formal sense ('pursuant to') and the non-productive suffix make the relation less immediately obvious to average learners.

Etymology

Pursuant is related to the words pursue and pursuit, which mean 'to follow'. So, when something is done pursuant to a rule, it is done 'following' that rule or 'because of' it.