Convent
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[Lat. conventus, from convenire, to assemble together.] The fraternity of a religious house, as of an abbey or priory. Bract. fol.
16, 347.
Frequently written covent. Litt. sect.
133. Co. Litt. 94 a, b.