A covenant or required term that is passed down to each successive owner of a parcel of real estate and must be accepted in order to complete a conveyance. The covenant or obligation travels with the title and deed of the property. … [Read more...] about COVENANT RUNNING WITH THE LAND
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COUSTOUMIER
(Otherwise spelled "Coustumier" or "Coutumier") In old French law. A collection of customs, unwritten laws, and forms of procedure. Two such volumes are of especial importance in juridical history, viz., the Grand Cousiumicr de Xormandie, and the Coutumier de France or Grand Coutumier. … [Read more...] about COUSTOUMIER
COVENANT TO CONVEY
A convenant where one agrees to convey land to another under certain circumstances. … [Read more...] about COVENANT TO CONVEY
COUTHUTLAUGH
A person who willingly and knowingly received an outlaw, and cherished or concealed him; for which offense he underwent the same punishment as the outlaw himself. Bract. 128b; Spelman. … [Read more...] about COUTHUTLAUGH
COVENANT TO RENEW
A covenant in a contract that gives the lessee a right to renew the lease. … [Read more...] about COVENANT TO RENEW