Definition of Conversances

1. conversance [n] - See also: conversance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conversances

convergent squint
convergent strabismus
convergent thinker
convergent thinking
convergently
convergents
converges
converging
converging lens
converging meniscus
conversa
conversable
conversableness
conversably
conversance
conversances (current term)
conversancies
conversancy
conversant(p)
conversantly
conversate
conversated
conversates
conversating
conversation piece
conversation pieces
conversation stopper
conversational

Literary usage of Conversances

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris: Minister of the United States to by Gouverneur Morris (1888)
"... long conversances cm tile Nesci the purchase of the debt io France wr=a X. Le 'In the banker, a pleasant how oc gassp wui 3f ir' n»f Chastel'.ux. and ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1903)
"... cons- derations that render it feasible, I am aware from conversances which I have had with many medical men that they find * difficult to comprehend. ..."

3. An Essay on Uses and Trusts and on the Nature and Operation of Conveyances by Francis Williams Sanders (1813)
"In conversances to purchasers, the estate is Power r««r»ea sometimes conveyed to the purchaser and his estate at the heirs, to such uses as he shall appoint ..."

4. A Shorter Selection of Cases on the Conflict of Laws by Joseph Henry Beale (1907)
"... ubi fuerunt conversances ; which he translates, "but in the bailiwicks, where they be dwelling." His Lordship's comment is this: ..."

5. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1895)
"... consider and decide whether the conditions had been fulfilled which entitled the beneficiary company or companies to demand conversances from the state. ..."

6. The Edinburgh Annual Register by Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott (1825)
"... VII. and VIII. of Count Le Cases' Journal of the conversances ci Napoleon, which complete the work. The History of the Commonwealth cf F.ngland, ..."

7. Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit and District Courts of the United by Lorenzo Sawyer, United States District Court (Nevada), United States District Court (Oregon) (1878)
"... at least a recovery had been had upon the title of the sisters; and that conversances had been made by the sisters to the grantee of the complainant. ..."

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