remedies. The name of an action instituted for the recovery of damages for the breach of a covenant or promise under seal.2. The subject will be considered with reference, 1. To the kind of claim or obligation on which this action may be maintained. 2. The form of the declaration. 3. The plea. 4. The judgment. 3.-1. To support this action, there must be a breach of a promise … [Read more...]

See COSINAGE. … [Read more...]

covenant which goes with the land as being annexed to the estate and which cannot be separated from the land and transferred without it. A covenant is said to run with the land when not only the original parties or their representatives but each successive owner of the land will be entitled to its benefit or be liable (as the case may be) to its obligation. Or in other words it … [Read more...]

Custom; duty; toll; tribute, it Bl. Comm. 314. … [Read more...]

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...]