pursuant
adj.adj. done according to a specific rule, law, or request. You use this when one action happens because a legal document or agreement says it must.
adj. acting in accordance with or in consequence of a legal document, regulation, or formal request. Typically used in legal or administrative contexts to establish a formal link between an action and its authority.
The contract was signed pursuant to the new agreement.
The police conducted a search of the premises pursuant to a warrant issued by the local magistrate.
The board of directors authorized the dividend payment pursuant to the powers granted to them under the company's articles of association.
Anglo-Norman pursuant, present participle of pursure. Doublet of pursuivant.
Almost always followed by the preposition 'to'. It typically functions as a postpositive adjective, following the noun it modifies or appearing in a prepositional phrase.
pursuant of the rulespursuant to the rulesPursuant must be followed by the preposition 'to', not 'of'.