covenantee

[ kuhv-uh-nuh n-tee, -nan- ]

/ ˌkʌv ə nənˈti, -næn- /

a person to whom something is promised in a covenant.

Origin of covenantee

First recorded in 1640–50; covenant + -ee

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

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 |Various
The assign, as in warranty, came in under the old covenant with the first covenantee, not by any new right of his own.

The Common Law |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
If the covenant was to be approached from the side of contract, the heir was party to it as representing the covenantee.

The Common Law |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Hence the plaintiff must always be privy in estate with the covenantee.

The Common Law |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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.

covenantee

/ (ˌkʌvənənˈtiː) /

the person to whom the promise in a covenant is made