Negative Covenant
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
One in negative form, whereby the covenantor binds himself not to do a particular thing.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A covenant binding the covenantor to refrain from some specific act. See 163 111. 652, 45 N. E. 145.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Covenant.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
One in which the covenanlor binds himself not te do or perform a specified act or thing. prohibited from doing something otherwise lawful upon his estate, because it will affect the dominant estate, (as interrupting the light and air from the latter by building on the former.) 2 Washb. Real Prop. 301; 70 N.Y. 447.