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

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 Project Gutenberg

When such a covenant is made, the legal estate in the land passes at once to the covenantee under the statute.

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The judges gave their services for nothing, and, for once, released from all their own trammels, set to work to do substantial justice between landlord and tenant, personalty and realty, the life interest and the remainder, covenantor and covenantee, after a fashion which excited the admiration and won the confidence of the whole City.

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Thus, in an action by an assign on a covenant for further assurance, the defendant set up a release by the original covenantee after the commencement of the suit.

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It was held that he could not recover, because he was not privy in estate with the original covenantee.

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