Covenants Performed

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In pleading. A plea to an action of covenant, allowed in the state of Pennsylvania, whereby the defendant, upon informal notice to the plaintiff, may give anything in evidence which he might have pleaded. 4 Dall. (Pa.) 439; 2 Yeates (Pa.) 107; 15 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 105. And this evidence, it seems, may be given in the circuit court without notice, unless called for. 2 Wash. C. C. (U. S.) 456. COVENTiON IN UNUM. The agreement between the two parties to a contract upon the sense of the contract proposed. It is an essential part of the contract, following the pollicitation or proposal emanating from the one, and followed by the consension or agreement of the other. If the second party does not assent to the proposal in the sense in which it is made, he is not bound by his assent unless his mistake is unreasonable.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A form of plea in actions of covenant, used in Pennsylvania. See 15 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 105.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A plea to an to the plaintiff, may give anything in evidence which he might have pleaded. Bender v. Fromberger, 4 Dall. (U. S.) 439, 1 L. Ed. 898; Neave v. Jenkins, 2 Yeates (Pa.) 107; Roth v. Miller, 15 S. & R. (Pa.) 105. And this evidence, it seems, may be given in the circuit court without notice, unless called for; Webster v. Warren, 2 Wash. C. C. 456, Fed. Cas. No". 17,339.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Pennsylvania practice. This is the name of a plea in the action of covenant whereby the defendant, upon informal notice to the plaintiff, may give anything in evidence which he might have pleaded. With the addition of the words "absque hoc" it amounts to a denial of the allegations of the declaration; and the further addition of "with leave," etc., imports an equitable defense, arising out of special circumstances, which the defendant means to offer in evidence. Zents v. Legnard, 70 Pa. 192; Stewart v. Bedell, 79 Pa. 336; Turnpike Co. v. McCullough, 25 Pa. 303.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In Pennsylvania practice. ‘This is the name of a plea to the action of covenant whereby the defendant, upon informal notice to the plain-