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Purveyance was an ancient prerogative right of the English Crown to purchase provisions and other necessaries for the royal household, at an appraised price, and to requisition horses and vehicles for royal use.[1] It was finally abolished in 1660.
- ^ Bird, Roger, ed. (1983). Osborn's Law Dictionary (Seventh ed.). Sweet & Maxwell. ISBN 0-421-29680-1.