covenantor

[ kuhv-uh-nuh n-ter ]
/ ˈkʌv ə nən tər /

noun Law.

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

covenant, covenant of the league of nations, covenant of warranty, covenantee, covenanter, covenantor, covent garden, coventry, coventry bell, cover, cover bidding

Example sentences from the Web for covenantor

  • 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