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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A term used in deeds of conveyance. At common law, it implied a covenant.
2 Hilliard, Real Prop. 366.
So in Kentucky.
1 Pirtle, Dig. 211.
In Maryland and Alabama it is doubtful.
7 Gill & J. (Md.) 311; 2 Ala. (N. S.) 555.
In Ohio, in conveyance of freehold, it implies warranty for the grantor's life.
2 Hilliard, Real Prop. 366.
In Maine it implies a covenant.
5 Me. 227; 23 Me. 219.
In New York it does not, by statute.
See 14 Wend. 38.
It does not imply covenant in North Carolina.
1 Murph. 343. Nor in England, by St. 8 & 9 Vict. c. 106, § 4.