- chevantia
- /chavsensh(iy)a/ A loan or advance of money upon credit
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
chevantia
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chevantia — /chavsensh(iy)a/ A loan or advance of money upon credit … Black's law dictionary
chevantia — A loan of money … Ballentine's law dictionary
Chevisance — Any kind of commercial exchange or bargain. By the 14c it signified *usury, as increasingly merchants were the great lenders of money after the expulsion of the *Jews in 1290. Protection by the pope (as formerly usury was condemned by the… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
