Covent
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Used in the old books for convefit, Litt. sect.
133. Co. Litt. 94 a, b. Cowell.
The omission of the letter n after the vowel o was a very common mode of contraction both in Latin and French; as coventus for conventus; covenahle for convenable. Hence the English word covenant for the Fr. convenant.
See Contraction.