restrictive covenant

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noun

a covenant with a clause that restricts the action of any party to it, especially an agreement among property owners not to sell to members of particular minority groups.

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Origin of restrictive covenant

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby restrictive covenant

restrictionism, restriction play, restriction site, restrictive, restrictive clause, restrictive covenant, restrictive practice, restrike, restroom, restructure, rest stop

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How to use restrictive covenant in a sentence

Segregation intensified in the 1920s as NAREB encouraged its members to use racially restrictive covenants.
The Supreme Court ended the eviction ban but not the fight against evictions|Maia Silber|September 9, 2021|Washington Post
AB 721 makes density restrictions in private restrictive covenants unenforceable against an affordable housing developer.
Sacramento Report: The Bills San Diego Agencies Want Passed|Sara Libby|April 23, 2021|Voice of San Diego
Missouri now has the most restrictive abortion laws in the country.
Abortion in Missouri Is the Wait of a Lifetime|Justin Glawe|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Will it be difficult to jump back into that restrictive form of writing?
David Cronenberg: Why Frustrated Novelists Hate the Screenplay|Craig Hubert|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He also supported restrictive measures on abortion as a state legislator in Massachusetts.
The Republican War on Women Continues, Just More Quietly|Eleanor Clift|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At least 180 restrictive bills have been introduced in 41 states and some are still pending.
Why We’ll Always Need a Civil Rights Movement|Sally Kohn|July 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the meantime, Iranian women have to cope with highly restrictive rules and regulations.
Operation Wholesome Sea: Iran Coast Guard Forces Women Off Beaches|IranWire|May 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The scene is the covenant made between the two first persons of the Trinity on Mount Moriah.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
The solemn league and covenant burned by the common hangman at London, and afterwards throughout the country.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The term covenant designating their relation to him as a people is not figuratively applied to it.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
Besides having parties,—one essential of a covenant in its proper acceptation, this relation with God has conditions.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
Covenanting in civil life is the exercise of entering into a covenant engagement, or of renewing it.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham

British Dictionary definitions for restrictive covenant

restrictive covenant

noun

law a covenant imposing a restriction on the use of land for the purpose of preserving the enjoyment or value of adjoining land

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