covenantor

[ kuhv-uh-nuhn-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Law.

covenantor

/ ˈkʌvənəntə /

a party who makes a promise and who is to perform the obligation expressed in a covenant

First recorded in 1640–50; covenant + -or ²

If, on the other hand, A had won his case B would then have a good cause of action against his covenantor.

Some have supposed this privity to be tenure; some, an interest of the covenantee in the land of the covenantor; and so on.

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