Covenant at Legal Glossary What is it? A restriction on the use of real estate that governs its use, such as a requirement that the property will be used only for residential purposes.
Covenant
From LoveToKnow 1911
There is more than one meaning of Covenant discussed in the 1911 Encyclopedia.
Covenant Not To Compete
It is a clause in a contract law accordig to which a trader or a person engaged in any kind of profession agrees not to get into competition agaist a paticular party or a specific geographical area.
Civil Covenant of Solidarity definition:
A contract by two individuals of the age of majority, of different or same gender, to provide legal rights and obligations as a result of their cohabitation.
COVENANT - A covenant, in its most general signification, means any kind of promise or contract, whether it be made in writing or by parol.
A bond covenant preventing certain activities, unless agreed to by the bondholders.
Restrictive Covenant
A restrictive covenant is where an obligation is imposed on an employee or director either in an employment contract or financing document preventing the employee/director from doing something during or after his employment has ...
Covenant:
A written document in which signatories either commit themselves to do a certain thing, to not do a certain thing or in which they agree on a certain set of facts.
Covenant. French covenant, convenant, agreement: Latin convenire, to come together, agree. A promise under seal: as, a covenant to pay rent.
Cover. See Covert.
WRIT OF COVENANTS, practice. A writ which lies where a party claims damage for breach of covenant, i. e. of a promise under seal.
Covenant
Definition - Noun
1 : an official agreement or compact <an international ~ on human rights> ...
See covenants, conditions & restrictions.
CCCS
See Consumer Credit Counseling Service.
implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing
n. a general assumption of the law of contracts, that people will...
implied warranty
n. an assumption at law that products are "merchantable," meaning...
implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing
Implied Revocation of Wills
implied warranty ...
War was denounced in the 1919 Covenant of the League of Nations and the 1928 Treaty of Paris (Briand-Kellogg Pact).
Restrictive covenant
A legal restriction on the use of property imposed for the benefit of a neighbouring landowner and enforceable by him/her (e.g. not to use property for a business). Many properties are subject to restrictive covenants.
YIELDING AND PAYING,
contracts. These words, when used in a lease, constitute a covenant on the part of the lessee to pay the rent, Platt on Coven. 50, 3... more ...
WARRANTY DEED A deed in which grantor warrants good, clear title. A deed which contains covenants concerning the quality of the title it conveys.
A few states have enacted laws permitting covenant marriages, in which premarital counseling is required and extra restrictions make divorce more difficult, but while such marriages are recognized by other states, ...
These were known as actions assumpsit of indebitatus (common or money counts) and used in contract cases.
If the agreement was under seal (a speciality contract), an action of covenant would be used.
 See also: Law, Person, State, Term, Right
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