COVENANT


Meaning of COVENANT in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

express

If the employer requires protection he should have the foresight to include an express covenant in the employment contract.

implied

There is in fact no implied covenant or warranty on the part of the landlord in this regard.

new

Appropriate for the people of the New covenant .

Likewise also the cup, after supper, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood.

It should not be necessary to take a new and separate covenant .

Or you can enter into a second Deed of Covenant committing yourself to make payments under both the existing and new covenants .

The image of the vine for the New covenant , the Church is different because it is an organic image.

This has the effect of cancelling your existing covenant and in return you commit yourself to making payments under the new covenant.

His centrist, compromising instincts, embodied in the New Democrat covenant , alienated core constituencies while failing to impress opponents.

At that stage you can enter into a new covenant .

positive

Positive covenants Positive covenants don't run with the land; therefore they're not registrable.

But it's easy for a seller's conveyancer to overlook positive covenants .

restrictive

This is so even if your contract contains no specific restrictive covenants .

The bond indenture normally specifies a number of restrictive covenants to which the issuing corporation must adhere.

They were not subject to service contracts containing restrictive covenants .

Any outstanding debt repayment requirements and / or restrictive covenants on long term debt agreements are additional important. considerations.

The restrictive covenant in a sale agreement protects goodwill whereas restrictive covenants given by employees protect the employer and employee relationship.

The benefit of the restrictive covenant attaches to the business itself and not to the owner and is therefore assignable.

How far he can go in the absence of restrictive covenants is dealt with later.

Intellectual property: Restrictive intellectual property clauses in employment contracts or restrictive covenants could force the brightest free workers to walk.

■ VERB

contain

This is so even if your contract contains no specific restrictive covenants .

They were not subject to service contracts containing restrictive covenants .

enforce

Lord Wellworthy can enforce the covenant only whilst he retains the legal estate in the Stately Mansion Hotel.

enter

At that stage you can enter into a new covenant .

Do whatever you want. Enter into a covenant with him, for all I care.

Which spouse should enter into the covenant ?

give

In such an event the guarantor should give covenants not only to the landlord but also to the tenant.

include

If the employer requires protection he should have the foresight to include an express covenant in the employment contract.

A landlord is bound to include a covenant against assignment and subletting if he wishes to maintain control over the business tenancy.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

At first, only chil-dren of visible saints were to be baptized and thus recognized as part of the covenant .

He has set out the terms of his covenant and they have been agreed.

It is vital therefore to distinguish between the two kinds of breach of covenant .

Some tenants prefer, however, to seek to obtain from the landlord a covenant not to waive the exemption.

The covenants set out the formal obligations of both landlord and tenant.

The public covenant is underwritten by an emotional covenant, partly unconscious, and binding in its claims.

The underlying covenant may be concerned with constant reclamation - reclaiming and being reclaimed.

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