Quiet Enjoyment

The name of a covenant in a lease, by which the lessor agrees that the lessee shall peaceably enjoy the premises leased. This covenant goes to the possession, and not to the title. 3 Johns. (N. Y.) 471; 5 Johns. (N. Y.) 120; 2 Dev. (N. C.) 388; 3 Dev. (N. C.) 200. A covenant for quiet enjoyment does not extend as far as a covenant of warranty. 1 Aik. (Vt.) 233. The covenant for quiet enjoyment is broken only by an entry, or unlawful expulsion from, or some actual disturbance in, the possession. 3 Johns. (N. Y.) 471; 8 Johns. (N. Y.) 483; 7 Wend. (N. Y. 281; 2 Hill (N. Y.) 105; 9 Mete. (Mass.) 63; 4 Whart. (Pa.) 86; 4 Cow. (N. Y.) 340. But the tortious entry of the covenantor, with-

The name of a covenant in a lease, by which the lessor agrees that the lessee shall peaceably enjoy the premises leased. This covenant goes to the possession, and not to the title; Tobey v. Webster, 3 Johns. (N. Y.) 471. A covenant as a covenant of warranty; Williams Wetherbee, 1 Aik. (Vt.) 233. The covenant for quiet enjoyment is broken only by an entry, or lawful expulsion from, or some actual disturbance in, the possession; Whitbeck v. Cook, 15 Johns. (N. Y.) 483, 8- Am. Dec. 272; Ham. Cov. 35; Donahoe v. Emery, 9 Mete. (Mass.) 63; Frost v. Earnest, 4 Whart. (Pa.) 86. But the tortious entry of the covenantor, without title, is a breach of the covenant for quiet enjoyment; Sedgwick v. Ilollenback, 7 Johns. (N. Y.) 376. The covenant for quiet possession in a deed merges all previous representatives as to the possession, and limits the liability growing out of them; Andrus v. Refining Co., 130 U. S. 643, 9 Sup. Ct. 645, 32 L. Ed. 1054. See Covenant for Quiet Enjoyment.

A covenant, usually inserted in leases and conveyances on the part of the grantor, promising that the tenant or grantee shall enjoy the possession of the premises in peace and without disturbance, is called a covenant "fur quiet enjoyment."

Defined under Quiet in Black's Law Dictionary.

covenant for. A covenant whereby a grantor agrees that the grantee shall hold the land conveyed, undisturbed by himself or others.