covenantee

American  

[kuhv-uh-nuhn-tee, -nan-] / ˌkʌv ə nənˈti, -næn- /

noun

1. a person to whom something is promised in a covenant.

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covenantee British  

/ ˌkʌvənənˈtiː /

noun

1. the person to whom the promise in a covenant is made

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Etymology

Origin of covenantee

First recorded in 1640–50; covenant + -ee

Example Sentences

It would aid our studies if we could say that wherever assigns are to get the benefit of a covenant as privies in estate with the covenantee, they must be mentioned in the covenant.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

The question raised by the pleadings, therefore, was whether the heir of the covenantee could sue without being tenant of the manor.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

The person who makes, and is bound to perform, the promise or stipulation is the covenantor: the person in whose favour it is made is the covenantee.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

According to the general opinion there must be a privity of estate between the covenantor and covenantee in the latter class of cases in order to bind the assigns of the covenantor.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell