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# pursuant

«pursuant» in Mova's school dictionary: **pursuant to: following or according to a rule, law or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (formal, legal; used in "pursuant to")

### meaning for a pupil

(formal, legal) pursuant to: following or according to a rule, law or agreement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuant/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A very stiff legal phrase found in official letters, rules and exams: "pursuant to the school rules" means "according to" them. Children rarely need it except to read official documents. Phrases: pursuant to.

### examples

- Pursuant to the rules, every pupil must wear a helmet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuant/#x1)
- The fine was paid pursuant to the court's order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuant/#x2)
- Pursuant to the agreement, each partner receives half the profit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuant/#x3)
- The library charged a fee pursuant to its policy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuant/#x4)
- Pursuant to section 3, pets are not allowed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuant/#x5)

### note

Only used with "to". In plain English say "under", "according to" or "following". In a maths problem "pursuant to the agreement, each gets half" means divide by 2; the phrase itself does not change numbers.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pursuant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.