covenantor

[ kuhv-uh-nuhn-ter ]

nounLaw.

the party who is to perform the obligation expressed in a covenant.

Origin of covenantor

First recorded in 1640–50; covenant + -or²

Words Nearby covenantor

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How to use covenantor in a sentence

If, on the other hand, A had won his case B would then have a good cause of action against his covenantor.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
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 covenantor

covenantor

covenanter

/ (ˈkʌvənəntə) /

noun

a party who makes a promise and who is to perform the obligation expressed in a covenant

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