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Deed of Covenant

Deed of Covenant. Covenants are frequently entered into by a separate deed for the indemnity of a purchaser or mortgagee, or for

Dedi et concessi

& 9 Vict. c. 18), s. 132, and in conveyances to the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, the covenants for title are implied in the word 'grant.'

Debt

(32 & 33 Vict. c. 46) (popularly known as 'Hinde Palmer's Act'), special contract debts, as by bonds, covenants, and other instruments under seal, took priority over debts by simple contract; but this Act abolished that distinction

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Constructive trust

to account for the mesne rents and profits; but he will be entitled to be indemnified against his covenants with the lessor, and will have a lien upon the estate for the costs of renewal, and the

Condition

estates or the grant of a rentcharge, such as a condition for non-payment of rent or breach of covenants. A lease determinable upon a condition of this kind will, however, never be determined by the mere happening

Collateral

Musa Dadabhai Ummer, (2000) 3 SCC 350. A security described as collateral may, nevertheless, in view of its covenants and other provisions and the surrounding circumstances of the case, be held to be complete, perfect and independent

Articled Clerk

Articled Clerk, a pupil of a solicitor, who undertakes, by Articles of clerkship, containing covenants, mutually binding, to instruct him in the principles and practice of the profession. See SOLICITOR. Means a clerk

Forfeiture

or customary land is set out in (English) L.P. Act, 1922, 13th Sched., Part. II. (6) Breaches of covenants or conditions contained in a lease or other instrument, when it is stipulated that they shall occasion forfeiture;

Apprentice

[fr. apprendre, Fr., to learn], a person bound by indentures of apprenticeship to a tradesman or artificer ,who covenants to teach him his trade or mystery. The master is bound to instruct his apprentice, and to make

After-acquired property

and effect of such a covenant depends chiefly on the language of the covenant itself. See Wurtzburg on Covenants for the Settlement of a wife's after-acquired property; Bankruptcy Act, 1914, s. 42(2). See SETTLEMENT.

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