Covenant
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
The action a contract under seal. Covenant to stand seised. uses, in which, in covenants to stand seised the possession is vested solete. Covert Covered; protected. Coverture: the condition the protection of a husband.