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Definition: Chievance
Chievance
\Chiev"ance\, n. [OF. chevance property, equiv. To
chevisance, fr. chevir to accomplish. See
Chevisance.]
An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported as
discount. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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