covenantee

[ kuhv-uh-nuhn-tee, -nan- ]

/ ˌkʌv ə nənˈti, -næn- /

noun

a person to whom something is promised in a covenant.

Origin of covenantee

First recorded in 1640–50; covenant + -ee

Words nearby covenantee

cove, cove lighting, covellite, coven, covenant, covenantee, covenanter, Covenant of the League of Nations, covenantor, Covent Garden, Coventry

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Example sentences from the Web for covenantee

When such a covenant is made, the legal estate in the land passes at once to the covenantee under the statute.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6|Various
The assign, as in warranty, came in under the old covenant with the first covenantee, not by any new right of his own.
The Common Law|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
If the covenant was to be approached from the side of contract, the heir was party to it as representing the covenantee.
The Common Law|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Hence the plaintiff must always be privy in estate with the covenantee.
The Common Law|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Some have supposed this privity to be tenure; some, an interest of the covenantee in the land of the covenantor; and so on.
The Common Law|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

British Dictionary definitions for covenantee

covenantee

/ (ˌkʌvənənˈtiː) /

noun

the person to whom the promise in a covenant is made

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单词	covenantee
释义	covenantee [ kuhv-uh-nuhn-tee, -nan- ] / ˌkʌv ə nənˈti, -næn- / noun a person to whom something is promised in a covenant. Origin of covenantee First recorded in 1640–50; covenant + -ee Words nearby covenantee cove, cove lighting, covellite, coven, covenant, covenantee, covenanter, Covenant of the League of Nations, covenantor, Covent Garden, Coventry Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for covenantee When such a covenant is made, the legal estate in the land passes at once to the covenantee under the statute. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6\|Various The assign, as in warranty, came in under the old covenant with the first covenantee, not by any new right of his own. The Common Law\|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. If the covenant was to be approached from the side of contract, the heir was party to it as representing the covenantee. The Common Law\|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Hence the plaintiff must always be privy in estate with the covenantee. The Common Law\|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Some have supposed this privity to be tenure; some, an interest of the covenantee in the land of the covenantor; and so on. The Common Law\|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. British Dictionary definitions for covenantee covenantee / (ˌkʌvənənˈtiː) / noun the person to whom the promise in a covenant is made Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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