pursuant

In keeping with

Pursuant appears almost exclusively in the phrase pursuant to, meaning in accordance with or as authorized by: pursuant to the court order, pursuant to company policy.

The word is legal and bureaucratic jargon, rarely encountered outside formal documents.

It signals that an action follows from some authority or agreement.

compliance

conformance

Adherence to requirements

conformity · alignment · fulfillment · obedience · submission · consonance · congruence · harmony · correspondence · consistency

legal

statute

Enacted written rule

regulation · provision · stipulation · clause · ordinance · mandate · directive · requirement · enforceable · binding

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conformity/compliance

pursuantcontrary to

In opposition to

despite · in spite of · against · notwithstanding · regardless of

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pursuance

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