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

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Example Sentences

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covenantee

Hence the plaintiff must always be privy in estate with the covenantee.

From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

If the covenant was to be approached from the side of contract, the heir was party to it as representing the covenantee.

From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

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

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 Oliver Wendell Holmes

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 Oliver Wendell Holmes

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