- writ of covenant
- A writ to recover damages for the breach of a covenant.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
writ of covenant
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writ of covenant — A writ which lies where a party claims damages for breach of covenant; i.e., of a promise under seal … Black's law dictionary
writ — / rit/ n [Old English, something written] 1: a letter that was issued in the name of the English monarch from Anglo Saxon times to declare his grants, wishes, and commands 2: an order or mandatory process in writing issued in the name of the… … Law dictionary
writ — A written judicial order to perform a specified act, or giving authority to have it done, as in a writ of mandamus or certiorari, or as in an original writ for instituting an action at common law. A written court order or a judicial process,… … Black's law dictionary
writ of praecipe — /rit av presapiy/ This writ is also called a writ of covenant, and is sued out by the party to whom lands are to be conveyed by fine, the foundation of which is a supposed agreement or covenant that the one shall convey the land to the other. 2… … Black's law dictionary
Holy Writ — noun the sacred writings of the Christian religions he went to carry the Word to the heathen • Syn: ↑Bible, ↑Christian Bible, ↑Book, ↑Good Book, ↑Holy Scripture, ↑Scripture, ↑Word of God, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
primer fine — /praymar fayn/ On suing out the writ or prsecipe called a writ of covenant, there was due to the crown, by ancient prerogative, a primer fine, or a noble for every five marks of land sued for. That was onetenth of the annual value … Black's law dictionary
concessi — I have granted. The word is a technical one which was used in conveyancing. It had the same meaning and use as the word demisi, I have demised, and if a grantor used it in a lease for years, it implied a covenant that if the assignee of the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
abstract of a fine — In old English conveyancing, one of the parts of a fine, being an abstract of the writ of covenant, and the concord, naming the parties, the parcels of land, and the agreement. 2 Bl.Comm. 351. More commonly called the note of the fine (note of a… … Black's law dictionary
note — 1. verb To make a brief written statement; to erjtera memorandum, as to note an exception 2. noun An instrument containing an express and absolute promise of signer (i.e. maker) to pay to a specified person or order, or bearer, a definite sum of… … Black's law dictionary
abstract of a fine — In old English conveyancing, one of the parts of a fine, being an abstract of the writ of covenant, and the concord, naming the parties, the parcels of land, and the agreement. 2 Bl.Comm. 351. More commonly called the note of the fine (note of a… … Black's law dictionary
