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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A covenant or agreement; whence a wedded husband. WEDBEDRIP (Sanson).

In old English law. A customary service which tenants paid to their lords, in cutting down their corn, or doing other harvest duties; as if a covenant to reap for the lord at the time of his bidding or commanding. Cowell.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Sax. A covenant or agreement Cowell.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

A covenant or agreement; that this pawer has not been exerwhence a wedded husband. cised. The weights now generally